2020 Architecture Portfolio - Zhenjia Wang

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO - 2020 ZHENJIA WANG

ABOUT

REFERENCES

Zhenjia Wang is an architectural designer with a high enthusiasm in digital fabrication and parametric designs. The topics represented in his works focus on more than digital fabrication, form finding via computer-aided design (CAD) tools, adjustable mold and more.

Shellie Curry

Zhenjia is an architect with senior project coordinator and 3D visualization specialist in Curry Architects from 2016 to present.

He holds a master of architecture degree from The University of Michigan and received a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Guangzhou University in China, where he explored projects in all scales ranging from professional practice, digital fabrication and parametric designs, architectural theories etc. One of his works for the 2018 eVolo skyscraper competition was awarded honorable mention.

●

Owner, Curry Architects

E-mail: shellie@curryarchitects.com Shellie is current my employer for full-time job.

Tzs Yan Ng Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning ●

Phone: 718. 564. 3771 E-mail: tszng@umich.edu

Zhenjia believes that everything, matter or organism, in the Earth possesses their own or the same genetic code. Finding or exploring these logic encoded within their internal principles parametric designs in architecture to create something with non-standard form is one of the fields that he is very interested in.

Tzs was my instrustor during my thesis project, Inhabitable Column.

Mitch McEwen Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning ●

Phone: 347. 620. 0346 E-mail: mcewen@umich.edu Mitch was my instrustor during the Networks Studio in the 1st semester.

Julia McMorrough Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning ●

Phone: 614. 271. 3948 E-mail: juliamcm@umich.edu Julia was my instrustor during the Systems Studio in the 2nd semester.

RESUME

Zhenjia “Joe” Wang [EDUCATION] [May. 2016]

Master of Architecture University of Michigan – Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning – Ann Arbor, MI

[July. 2012]

Bachelor of Architecture Guangzhou University – College of Architecture and Urban Planning – Guangzhou, Canton, China

[ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE] [CONTACT] Address: 10 Ecoway Ct. 1A, Towson, MD, U.S.A, 21286

[Sep. 2016 – Present]

Curry Architects – Senior Project Coordinator and 3D Visualization Specalist – Towson, Maryland, U. S. A

[Feb. 29, 2016 – March 4, 2016]

Externship – Works Partnership Architecture – Portland, Oregon, U. S. A • Participated in various meetings for learning how their firm runs and what I need to deal with in my future career

[Feb. 2014 – July. 2014] 6-month professional practice

Gegenwärtig Architektur Design GmbH – Assistant Architect – Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China • Project : Suzhou Library; No. 1 Zhijiang Primary School; No. 1 Zhijiang High School • Responsibility : Provided innovative ideas; Drawing analysis graphics; Making physical and computer models

[June. 2012 – Oct. 2012] 5-month architectural intern

SCUT Arch Design-Research Institute – Internship – Guangzhou, Canton, China • Project : Urban Design of East Gateway Area of Suzhou Taihu, International Tourism Area • Responsibility : Drawing AutoCAD; Making computer models.

E-mail: zhenjiaw@umich.edu Phone: 734.272.8164

[AWARD AND COMPETITION EXPERIENCE] [April. 2018]

2018 eVolo Skyscraper Competition • Honorable Mention • Manhattan Ridge: Affordable Housing for Commuters

[Sep. 2018]

The Rifat Chadirji Prize 2018: Baghdad Design Centre • Final list: Top 20 • Light Container

[July. 2019]

Young Architects Competitions: Plastic Monument • Bioplasticity

[SKILLS] COMPUTER MODELING: Rhino SketchUp Auto CAD Grasshopper Revit Kangaroo Galapagos

[LANGUAGE] DRAWING (PRESENTATION): Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Photoshop Premiere

RENDERING: V-Ray Keyshot Lumion

FABRICATION: MasterCam Zund 3-axis CNC router 7-axis Robot CNC Plasma Wood works

Chinese Mandarin English Chinese Contonese

CONTENTS 01

Undulating Wall - For Pets & Small Wild Animals

02 Bioplasticity 03 Inhabitable Column 04 Manhattan Ridge 05 Light Container 06 Recasting CMU & Moon Scape

UNDULATING WALL - FOR PETS & SMALL WILD ANIMALS GENERATE A NON-STANDARD FORM VIA USING A STANDARD SYSTEM Type: Digital Fabrication & Design, Individual, Jan. 2020 - Present Status: On Processing Purpose: Experimental Concrete Casting Software Used: Rhino, Grasshopper, Galapagos, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign INTRODUCTION Typically, complex forms in concrete require using a large number of pieces of material milled by CNC to make molds. This inevitably results in a numerous number of waste. Thus, the intent of this installation is to demonstrate and test a system tied to apply only one single flexible and adjustable formwork with a simple logic or “DNA” to create each unique component of the wall with non-standard form, which avoids the waste of material making molds.

In nature, there is no exactly the same organism, even within the same species, which means all organisms in the world are unique. However, all organisms possess their own inherent genetic code, as architect Karl Chu points out, “Embedded within the mechanism for replication is a generative function: the self-referential logic of recursion. Recursion is a function or rule that repeatedly calls itself or its preceding stage by applying the same rule successively, thereby generating a self-referential propagation of a sequence or a series of transformations. It is this logic encoded within an internal principle, which constitutes the autonomy of the generative that lies at the heart of computation.”¹ Thus, finding the “DNA” is the key to generating complex forms.

In this project, the forms of the wall on each level are strip-like shapes being undulating along a different curve called central path respectively, which makes the forms on each level be unique with each other. However, all of these forms on each level have the same generating logic - the forms themselves respectively intersect with their own central paths to create intersection points between each two neighboring peak points. These intersection points contain the information or parameters of these forms that can be computed or factored into the digital design process and inform possible outcomes along the way, including optimizing component geometry, the manufacturing process and the structure’s assembly logic. Constrainting the same distance from each peak point of the forms to their corresponding central paths, the key parameter - “DNA” - is the locations and perpendicular directions vof these intersection points on their corresponding central paths, which determines each length of the corresponding segments with the same sequence of the forms divided by those intersection points. These lengths with the same sequence on each level are set to be the same via optimizing the “DNA” in order to achieve only one single formwork that is able to make those unique undulating forms.

Based on the form - strip-like shape - in this project, it is significant to select materials of making formwork. Being a flexible or adjustable formwork, it means the material of the formwork is easily shaped by tools or even by hand, or it possesses the properties of elasticity. Fabric or plastic tubing meets the requirements to some degree. Besides, another reason for seizing plastic tubing is that it would produce uncertainty within a predictable form. As James Crutchfield, an American mathematician and physicist, wrote in his 2012 article in Nature Physics, “Between Order and Chaos,” “We know that complexity arises in a middle ground - often at the order - disorder border”, and Natural systems “move to the interface between predictability and uncertainty. The result is increased structural complexity” that “often appears as a change in a system’s intrinsic computational capability.” “How can lifeless and disorganized matter exhibit such a drive”² would become the most interesting part. Nevertheless, this type of materials need a framework to support or constraint its shape because they lack the strength of free-standing or self-supporting. In order to remedy the weakness of plastic tubing as formwork, thin aluminum sheets can play the role in this project as a framework between two plastic tubing formwork, in the meantime as a part of formwork. Applying thin aluminum sheets is also to minimize the usage and waste of the materials of making formwork and framework as well as to simplify the process of manufacturing.

All in all, this project aims to use an internal standard system - “DNA” to generate a complex form consisting of unique components with minimum materials and wastes.

1. Karl Chu, “Metaphysics of Genetic Architecture and Computation,” in Genetic Architectures II, ed. Alberto T. Estévez (Santa Fe, N.M.: SITES Books / ESARQ-UIC, 2005), 170.

2. James Crutchfield, “Between Order and Chaos,” Nature Physics 8 (2012): 22-23

OPTIMIZATION OF FORMWORK In order to seize only one single formwork to generate each unique form on each level, first of all, I need to figure out how to shape the 2D formwork - the thin aluminum sheet - to match each shape of those unique forms. The method in this project is: 1. Divide each central path on the 3D forms respectively by their own FPs (the fixed points on their own corresponding central path), and extract the lengths of these segments 2. Number the FPs and segments on their own central paths respectively 3. Set the information (extracted from the steps above) of the central path on the top level as template 4. Move the FPs back or forward along their own corresponding central paths to relocate the FPs to adjust each length of the segments with the same sequence number on each corresponding central paths as the same as those on template level via Galapagos ( a plugin in Grasshopper for Rhino) that is able to achieve the optimizational result.

5. Extract the key information - the corresponding locations - of those new FPs on the 3D forms 6. Map the new FPs from the 3D forms to the 2D formwork - the thin aluminum sheet - via applying those key information

Fixed length

A 01

A 02

A 03

A 04

A 05

Level 14 (Top) as template level

Fixed length

a1 03 = A 03

a1 01 = A 01 a1 02 = A 02

Level 01 New optimized shape

a1 05 = A 05 a1 04 = A 04

Original shape Central line a1 07 = A 07

New location of Fixed Points Original location of Fixed Points

Based on this method, it is able to achieve only one location of the new FPs with the same sequence number from each level.

A 06

a1 06 = A 06

A = Length along central line bewteen fixed points a1 = Optimized length along central line bewteen fixed points Aim: a1 = A

MATERIALS AND CONSTRAINTS FOR FORMWORK/MOLD

$ 0 / 4 5 3 " * / 5 4

Non-standard form

The properties of the material:

In general, it is difficult to mass produce non-standard components via a uniform and non adjustable formwork, because each component is different.

Adjustability -

The ability of being shaped to match the shapes of each levels

Reusable single formwork

Durability

-

Reuse the formwork again and agian

One of the challenges in this project is exploring a single formwork that is able to mass produce non-standard components, in other words, all-in-one formwork that enables us to save materials, labor and time spent on understanding about the complicated system.

Strength

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Being strong enough to support the weight of concrete

Volume

-

It is able to create a enclosed space for pouring concrete and it is easily sealed

Flat sheet

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The material is able to be cut by 3 axis CNC router

Thin

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Being thin enough to be shaped by hand

Concrete casting There are certain limitations and requirements on casting concrete, such as the formwork should be strong enough to support the weight of concrete, etc.

Tools 3 axis CNC router machine is the only tool that can be used in this case.

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Single formwork for all levels

Galapagos - Based on the method of genetic algorithm, Galapagos is able to find the new locations of each new fixed points along their central lines respectively, which makes each corresponding length of segments of curve on each level to match with those on a template level.

t values of FP (fixed points) on CL (central lines) that are the parameters on curve domain in Grasshopper for Rhino. These t values are the “Genome” of Galapagos (a component of Grasshopper for Rhino). All of the original values are 0.

Tolerance are less than 0.04 inch between each segements of the template curve and those corresponding sgements of the new curves.

(26 gauge, 0.025”) metal sheet or 6 PETG sheet

metal sheet or PETG sheet is an ideal material that sses the required material properties, except for one me. Although they are able to be folded or welded her to create volume for casting concrete, sealing is f the challenges. Besides, it is difficult or impossible djust the shape, once they become 3D objects, only ating a complicated system that allows them to their shape.

l poly tubing

ubing is made of plastic that possesses elastic prophat enables it to adjust easily its shape to fit most and has a smooth inner surface. However, it lacks th to maintain the shape itself. It doesn’t work as a without any framework.

Thin aluminum sheet Seize the thin aluminum sheet as framework to maintain the shape of poly tubing, and use it as a part of the formwork in the meantime.

Poly tubing Aluminum sheet Poly tubing

+ 4 mil poly tubing In this project, the main part of formwork is poly tubing that would be attached on the both sides of the thin aluminum sheet.

All-in-one adjustable formwork

CASTING

FINAL PRODUCTION (STILL ON PROCESSING)

BIOPLASTICITY VISUAL PLASTIC DEGRADATION IN MINI “LABS” Type: Architectural Design, Teamwork, June. 2019 Purpose: Young Architects Competition - Plastic Monument Team Member: Zhenjia Wang, Xiayi Li Responsibility in team: Leader, Concept contributor, 3D Digital modeling, Grasshopping code for modeling, Graphic drawing and Rendering.

CONCEPT The world is gradually waking up to plastic pollution problem. But are we fully aware how serious it is? A whopping 91% of plastic isn’t recycled over the past decades. Among the vast amount of plastic waste, 42% are packaging-related objects: bottles, bags, wraps, etc. They build up, take space, poison earth lives, and invisibly, ruin human beings, us. This is a visual experience project, structured with all plastic elements. The skeleton is made of PETG (flat sheet) with the plasticity to be folded and bended, which makes it easy to deconstruct, transport and reuse. Attached to the skeleton are pockets, which are considered our “mini labs”. Local collected plastic bottles are used as connecting component to attach pockets on the structure. This installation not only needs local people to contribute plastic waste to be built, but also encourage people to put waste inside the pockets for the waste to be decomposed with cutting-edge biological technology. This local-contribution installation idea, really cuts down the cost and labor needed to transport the monument among cities during its tour. Also, it gives people strong sense of participation. The ground inside the monument will be filled with plastic waste, to arouse people’s awareness of consuming. People can see, with their own eyes, that even using latest technology, it still takes months to decompose such little amount of plastic in the “labs”. IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

01

POLYMER GROUPS AND PLASTIC WASTE GENERATION BY POLYMER

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^ŽƵƌĐĞ͗ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ 'ĞLJĞƌ Ğƚ Ăů͘ ;ϮϬϭϳͿ͘ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƚĞ ŽĨ Ăůů ƉůĂƐƟĐ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ǀŝƐƵĂůŝnjĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ KƵƌtŽƌůĚŝŶ ĂƚĂ͘ŽƌŐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ĮŶĚ ĚĂƚĂ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ͘ >ŝĐĞŶƐĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ Ͳ zͲ^ ďLJ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ZŝƚĐŚŝĞ ĂŶĚ DĂdž ZŽƐĞƌ ;ϮϬϭϴͿ

Ϭ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ϱϱ LJĞĂƌƐ

4% 11 mt

ZĞĐLJĐůĂďůĞ͍ zĞƐ

KĨ ƚŚĞ ϱϴϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ ƵƐĞ͕ ŽŶůLJ ϵ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϱϬ͘

/Ŷ ϮϬϭϱ͕ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƉůĂƐƟĐƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ϰϬϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ͖ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞͲƋƵĂƌƚĞƌƐ ;ϯϬϮ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐͿ ĞŶĚĞĚ ƵƉ ĂƐ ǁĂƐƚĞ͘

5.4% 16 mt

14.7% 42 mt

Primary ƉůĂƐƟĐ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƵƐĞ

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PACKAGING ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƉůĂƐƟĐƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ϰϮ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂƐƟĐƐ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ƉŚĂƐĞ͘ WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůLJ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůLJŵĞƌ ƚLJƉĞ ĂŶĚ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ͘

PUT PP&A FIBERS

/ŶĐŝŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ 700m 500m 100m

ƵŵƵůĂƟǀĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉŽůLJŵĞƌƐ͕ ƐLJŶƚŚĞƟĐ ĮďĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚĚŝƟǀĞƐ ǁĂƐ ϴϯϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ͖ • ϮϱϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ;ϯϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚͿ ŽĨ ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƉůĂƐƟĐƐ ǁĂƐ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƵƐĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϱ͖ • ϰϲϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ;ϱϱ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚͿ ǁĞŶƚ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ůĂŶĚĮůů Žƌ ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĐĂƌĚĞĚ͖ • ϳϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ;ϴ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚͿ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĐŝŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ͖ • 500 million tonnes (6 percent) was RECYCLED ;ϭϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ǁĂƐ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ƵƐĞ͖ ϭϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ǁĂƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ŝŶĐŝŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ͖ ĂŶĚ ϯϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ ǁĂƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ĚŝƐĐĂƌĚĞĚ Žƌ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ůĂŶĚĮůůͿ͘

WƌŝŵĂƌLJ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ǁĂƐƚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ďLJ ƉŽůLJŵĞƌ

ĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƚĞ ;ŵсŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƚŽŶŶĞƐ

ŝƐƉŽƐĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ

CONCEPT The world is gradually waking up to plastic pollution problem. But are we fully aware how serious it is? A whopping 91% of plastic isn’t recycled over the past decades. Among the vast amount of plastic waste, 42% are packaging-related objects: bottles, bags, wraps, etc. They build up, take space, poison earth lives, and invisibly, ruin human beings, us. This is a visual experience project, structured with all plastic elements. The skeleton is made of PETG (flat sheet) with the plasticity to be folded and bended, which makes it easy to deconstruct, transport and reuse. Attached to the skeleton are pockets, which are considered our “mini labs”. Local collected plastic bottles are used as connecting component to attach pockets on the structure. This installation not only needs local people to contribute plastic waste to be built, but also encourage people to put waste inside the pockets for the waste to be decomposed with cutting-edge biological technology. This local-contribution installation idea, really cuts down the cost and labor needed to transport the monument among cities during its tour. Also, it gives people strong sense of participation. The ground inside the monument will be filled with plastic waste, to arouse people’s awareness of consuming. People can see, with their own eyes, that even using latest technology, it still takes months to decompose such little amount of plastic in the “labs”. IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

compare bioplastic or oxo-degradable plastic with non-degradable plastic rising people’s awareness about there are certain types of plastic are better to our planet by visual

bioplastic or oxo-biodegradable plastic

day 01

day 28

day 38

day 58

day 80

pla pac non-biodegradable plastic

hdpe pete

02

MINI “LABS” CONCEPT

recycle

1

COЖ

recy cle rec

recycle

hdpe hd pe hdp e hd pe hd pe h hd dp e pe hd hd pe pe h

recycle recy cle rec re ycle re cycl re cyc e le cy cl e

recycle

ldpe ldpe ldpe ld pe

ldpe ldpe

re c re yc cy le c re cy le rec cle ycl e recy cle recycle

recycle

recycle

re cy cl re e cy cl re e ld cy pe cl ld e ld pe rec pe ycl ld ld pe pe e ld pe recy ldp e l cle dp e

p

ph LAB a 1

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la

f nd

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mid

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pl an

landfill soil wax worm:galleria mellonella

lc on dit ion

fil

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pl

la

recycle recyc

p p a a ph ph a ph t pet e

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plants

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re c re ycl e cy rec cle ycl e recy cle recycle recycle recycle cle recy e ycl rec cle e cy re ycl c e r

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pl

pl

humidity

recycle

500 ye slowars reac tion

pla pla

LAB 0 pp 4

recycle

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pl a

cle y c e r e ycl c e r e cl y c re le c cy re

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pe ldpe ld ldpe ldpe e dp e l p pe ld ld e e p p ld ld pe ld

recycle

ldpe ldpe

recycle cle recy e ycl e rec l c e cy re ycl e l c re cyc re

ldpe LAB 08

p B0 LA

ldpe ld pe

a

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pl a

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mini “labs” unit

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MINI “LABS” PROGRAMS

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2d

plants

recycle unit

plants

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circle

rotate & pull

FORM FINDING

mobuis strip

re cy cl re e cy cl re e cy cl e

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circle

mobuis strip

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e cl y c e re cl y c re pe d e h e ycl e c p p e r hd e hd p e d p e h hd cycl e pe r d h e p e hd hdp pe hdpe hd

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03

INSTALLATION

2D WůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞƐ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĞdžŚŝďƟŽŶ ĐŝƚLJ

&ůĂƚ ǀĞƌƟĐĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ ;DĂƚĞƌŝĂů͗ W d'Ϳ͕ ĐƵƚ ďLJ E ƵŶĚ ĐƵƩĞƌ FOLD

FOLD

2 P6

Mini “LAB” Unit WůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƉ ƐĞĂůĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ

Mini “LAB” Unit WůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĂůĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŽƉ

4 P6 ,ŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ

3 P6

WůĂŶƚĞƌ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ

1 P6

dǁŽ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞ ƚŽƉ ŚĂůĨƐ

5 P6

3D

>ŝĚƐ

dǁŽ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞ ƚŽƉ ŚĂůĨƐ WůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞƐ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĞdžŚŝďƟŽŶ ĐŝƚLJ

EXPLODED VIEW - UNIT

&ŽůĚĞĚ ǀĞƌƟĐĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ

EXPLODED VIEW

dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ

DECONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION 01112131415161718191-

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 96

vertical structural components

(1: 500)

70

66 69

67 68

DECONSTRUCT & UNROLL

ŽĨ ŇĂƚ ŚŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ (0.7M X 0.1M) н ϰϬϬ WůĂŶƚĞƌƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞLJůĞ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞƐ

4.0 M

sĞƌƟĐĂů ^ƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ

X 19 н ϭϭϱϬ WŝĞĐĞƐ

+ 211 Mini ͞>Ăď͟ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐƐ

,ŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂů ^ƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ

,ŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ 2.5 M

FRAMING

PACKING

Ğ ŶĞdžƚ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ƐŝƚĞ

04

05

>ŝĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞ

sĞƌƟĐĂů ^ƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽnent - Flat PETG sheet ĐƵƚ ďLJ E ƵŶĚ ĐƵƩĞƌ

WƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝĚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ Mini “Lab”

Zipper openŝŶŐ ŽĨ DŝŶŝ “Lab”

WůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŽĨ ĐůĞĂƌ ƐŽŌ Ws - Mini “Lab” unit

Interlock slot

&ŽůĚ ^ĐƌĞǁ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ DŝŶŝ ͞>Ăď͟

ZĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞ

Screw on the ůŝĚ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ PETG sheet

dǁŽ ƌĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞ ƚŽƉ halfs - Mini “Lab” ŚŽůĚĞƌ

Interlock

Holes on both surfaces of Mini “Lab”

1

Horizontal structural ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ

mini “lab” detail

^ŚŝŌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ϯ ǀĞƌƟĐĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ

&ŽůĚ

sĞƌƟĐĂů Structural ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ Ͳ Flat PETG sheet

WƵƐŚͲŝŶ ƌŝǀĞƚƐ

WƵƐŚͲŝŶ ƌŝǀĞƚƐ sĞƌƟĐĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ

ϯ sĞƌƟĐĂů ^ƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ

ŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ ƉŝĞĐĞ

&ŝŶĂů ĨŽƌŵ

ŽŶŶĞĐƚŝŶŐ ƉŝĞĐĞ

Horizontal strucƚƵƌĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ

ϯ sĞƌƟĐĂů Structural ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ WƵƐŚͲŝŶ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ƌŝǀĞƚƐ

2

vertical structural component detail

3

vertical struct. w/ bottles detail

4

horizontal structural component detail

Mini “Lab” Ϯ> ZĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞ

ZĞĐLJĐůĞĚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďŽƩůĞƐ

WĂƐƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ

Ϯ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďĂƌƐ Ͳ ƉůĂŶƚĞƌ ŚŽůĚĞƌ

Mini “Lab”

Soil WůĂƐƟĐ ƐƚƌĂǁ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ

Mini “Lab” tĂƚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƉůĂƐƚĞ ĚĞŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶ

planter ^ŽŌ ƌƵďďĞƌ ƚƵďŝŶŐ with holes for collectŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƉůĂƐƚĞ ĚĞŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶ

DŝŶŝ ͞>Ăď͟ Ͳ ĨƵůů ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐƉŽƐĂů ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐƐ

Ϯ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďĂƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƐĞƌƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƌĞĐLJĞůĞĚ ďŽƩůĞƐ ĂƐ ƉůĂŶƚĞƌƐ͛ supporter tĂƚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƉůĂƐƚĞ ĚĞŐƌĂĚĂƟŽŶ Go to planter

5

planter detail

Go to planter

mini “lab” 06

MANHATTAN RIDGE Affordable housing in Manhattan for commuters Type: Architectural Design, Teamwork, Oct. 2017 Purpose: 2018 Skyscraper Competition, eVolo Team Member: Zhenjia Wang, Xiayi Li Award: Honorable Mention Responsibility in team: Leader, Concept contributor, 3D Digital modeling, Grasshopping code for modeling, Graphic drawing and Rendering.

CONCEPT [MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE] The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge includes a deep rift valley that runs along the axis of the ridge along nearly its entire length. This rift marks the actual boundary between adjacent tectonic plates, where magma from the mantle reaches the seafloor, erupting as lava, producing new crustal material for the plates and holding the only connection between the separating plates from being apart.

NYC, as a metropolis, has offered so much promise of either career or day-to-day life. Being a hub where millions of commuting workers, local residents, and visitors interact with each other, during the day and at night, providing the city with an energy generated from the exchange of ideas and knowledge through social interactions, Manhattan’s status as transaction-maximizing place is made possible by its remarkable carrying capacity. However, the increasing load of Manhattan prevents people’s residence in this place, challenges local workers’ everyday commute, and makes New York Dream unattainable. Traveling to and from work should be easy, efficient, and allow you to focus on what matters: your job; while, based on a survey, full-time workers in New York City spend about two hours more per week commuting — an average of 6 hours and 18 minutes per week – which is almost like another 8 hours work day. Work longer hours. Spend more time on subways and buses.

Can’t even afford to live here.

According to a latest survey, 82% of Manhattan-bound commuters take public transit to work from the city’s outer boroughs, or from Newark, Jersey City. In comparison, commuting trips among Manhattan residents is more multimodal in nature, since the lengths of commutes are more manageable, and residents also have better access to the city’s extensive taxi and limousine network. People who work in Manhattan deserve a home in Manhattan. Manhattan has been over exploited and one can hardly find usable land to build new residential buildings. By introducing new type of land resource to Manhattan, people will be given new type of space to reside and live.

Our proposal mimics the process of mid-ocean ridge’s production of new seafloor results from mantle upwelling, where new usable space be created out of none by being elevated over city traffic corridors (avenues, streets, roads, lanes) in between buildings. Like Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which ties the spreading plates back together, Manhattan ridge is the formation to bound buildings’ elevation closer, as a whole texture. Rift valley-shape streets space atmosphere, which is typical to City of New York, will be reformed and re-defined, where the existing of gap between high risers is weaken, while human-scale street space is opened up. The repeating circulation of plates spreading, mantle upwelling, holding plates from spreading; this geological activity symbolize our proposal of dynamic vertical space creation. Here, “plates spreading” represents wider traffic corridors are needed, which means heavier commuter load Manhattan needs to carry. As a result, system shall reach higher to accommodate more needs, which, in return, could be pictured as ridge reaches higher because of crustal material upwelling.

In this proposed vertical system, there are three level of space: street level, which is maintained as is; middle mix-use level, which is created by elevated from street level on top of array of giant columns; and the last, roof top level, that aims to farming activities and relaxing entertainment events. Ideally, in this proposed new giant social life model, people would be able to work “next-door”, consume and recreate “downstairs” and live really closed to their workplace.

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commute route

(bar) commuter population

improved commute route

The graphic chart above shows the numbers of commuters per day from the outer boroughs and suburbs into Manhatton. Such heavy burdon relies on extensive transportation and mass transit network, which would never be designed perfectly.

(bar) project forming

Ideally, if the everyday commuters could be accommodated within manhattan, traffic would most likely not be a problem bothering people’s daily life.

ANSWER: SPACE ABOVE TRAFFIC CORRIDOR

QUESTION: WHERE NEW BUILDING COULD BE BUILT?

exploited land

avanues & streets 107m

parks

To find unexploited regular land resource in Manhattan to erect new constructions to accommodate commuters would be considered impossible.

in width

Main traffic corridors, including avenues and streets, in Mahattan, were designed wide to carry heavy traffic load. They are fully occupied, especially during rush hours, everyday. However, to consider it in another direction, it is also such a waste, to have such large number area of land resource to be just two-dimensional passages. Not to mention, how much space multi-dimensionally, that we have lost, which could have been used more properly and wisely. It shows so much potential, to create large scale vertical systems on top of traffic corridors, to expand ton of space that one would never image to gain.

THREE LEVELS OF VERTICAL SYSTEM

1 lower level

office

gallery street

retail

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restaurant office housing

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restaurant office housing

office

tiny tiny library theater gallery

gallery street

retail

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level

gallery restaurant

after

To maintain street level’s transportation function, only array of columns will be added onto the median strip island to minimize the transformation of traffic lanes. Further more, layers will be added to expand public pedestrain space, as well as optimise space variation. Successfully designed puclib space that connect ground to upper levels is acritical step to creating sustainable vertically-oriented urban community.

2 mid level

studio office housing

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view view

3 upper level sunlight farm sunlight

gallery studio

studio office housing

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air garden

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air garden

after

housing

gallery studio

Before the proposed vertical system added, zero view buffer zone exists between buildings along both sides of traffic corridors , in which case the only view people have is the building’s elevation on the other side. By introducing a sustainable vertical system in between, possibility of all forms of vegetation will be created. Nature will be brought everywhere into heavily urbanized Manhattan.

farm farm

after

Upper level is prioritized as farm gardens and observation decks. Communication and relaxing places will also be provided.

master plan

5TH AVE.

system prototype shown in renderings system network possibilities in future Ideally, construction of the whole system network could be phased. One or couple of prototype could be built ďŹ rst. Adjustments and improvements would be made in the following phases. Adapting is the key to a successful dynamic system.

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LIGHT CONTAINER Type: Architectural Design, Teamwork, September 2018 Purpose: The Rifat Chadirji Prize 2018 Competition - Baghdad Design Center Award: Top 20 Team Member: Zhenjia Wang, Xiayi Li Responsibility in team: Leader, Concept contributor, 3D Digital modeling, Grasshopping code for modeling, Graphic drawing and Rendering.

CONCEPT Iraq is a country with a long history, with unique culture and religious people. However, experiencing in war, struggling and living in chaos in recent decade, both mentally and physically, hopelessness is filled with most Iraqi. Therefore, it is extremely crucial that applying an innovative method of architectural design to create spaces which is able to improve Iraqi life and to give them an spatial and visual experience that they feel similar (traditional type) but different (modern type). This is the purpose of this proposal, and we will focus on how to carry out this purpose with architectural method and design.

The method here is selecting some symbols or elements that are able to remind people’s memories, experience, custom or something that can present their faith. Religion is one of the most perfect presents that we can use in Iraq, because it bears the weighing of Iraqi faith, history and even daily activity. Light, moreover, is a physical and visual carrier of religion as well as an architectural element. Actually, you can easily find precedents of applying light in local architecture in Iraq, such as Mosque or local housing - light wells with columns in Mosque and small inner courtyard in local housing. Thus, this proposal will use these traditional forms or elements to create some new spaces with innovative and modern ways and give them a new definition in Iraq, which is different from the traditional one.

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FLOOR PLANS

CONCEPT INSPRIRATION

ABSTRACT AND INNOVATE

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Abstract from common, but give it individuation.

PUBLIC SPAC FOR P OR TEMP. LECTURE

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UP

INDIVIDUALIZE 2. TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT - COLUMNS AND QUBBA (DOME) WITH SKYLINE

OFFICE

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SPACE SAHN YARD) (”COURT UP

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UP

EXHIBI

RECEPTION HALL

OFFICE

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3. MALWIYA MINARET - ONE OF ARCHITECTURE IN MOSQUE OF SAMARRA

SIMPLIFY

CAFE WITH SEATING

OFFICE

EXHIBITION SPACE COLORFUL GLASS

EXHIBITION

Remove unnecessary decorations, and use contemporary simple “language” .

USED FOR CALLING PRAYER

INNOVATE REVERSE

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4. STAIRS TO THE TOP OF TOWER IN MALWIYA MINARET

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M UP

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CAFE

MINI GARDEN

C+4

Break traditional stuffs, and create a new definition for them. Use different ways to express them.

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MASTER PLAN

PROCESS OF GENERATION

1 ROOF PLAN

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3

HAMMAN PASHA MOSQUE

PROPOSAL

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D CA FA

Rising up the building creates a open space for locals who have a place with shadow to hold varied activities, like praying, exhibition, small lecture and so on, which brings a new experience for locals.

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Based on the original form, changing the shape and the number of courtyard individualizes the proposal and makes it more adapt the current functions and programs.

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Original architectural form abstracted from local buildings - Inner courtyard.

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1F

OPEN SPACE SHADOW AREA

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SECTION 1F

SITE EXISTING FACADE

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PULL

5

RAMP

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EXISTING FACADE

SUNLIGHT QISHLA (CULTURAL CENTER)

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Pulling the surface of 2F up lets sunlight reach to 1F and pulling it down generates curved columns. These actions shape those lightwells to be the form looked like elements of traditional mosque, but more simple and modern.

Adding a large ramp that connecting 1F and 2F is not only giving people a similar experience of visiting Malwiya Minaret, but also a new experience which is walking up with strong sunlight above visiters, a holy feeling.

Sloping the original open space down on 1F with stairs gives visiters a different experience of viewing the existing facade of the historical building. The scene is more sacred and attracts more attention.

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2F M

VOID SPACE ABOVE 1F

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SEATIN

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UP DN

LECTURE HALL DN

EXHIBITION SPACES FOR WORKSHOP

VOID SPACE ABOVE 2F EXHIBITION SPACES FOR WORKSHOP

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UP

D CA FA

D CA FA

D CA FA

PUBLIC SPAC FOR PRAYER OR TEMP. LECTURE AND SHOW WITH STEPS FROM 1F DOWN TO -1F

SHARED WORKSHOP SPACE FOR ARTISTS ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS

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SPACE SAHN YARD”) (”COURT

UP DN

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LIBRARY AREA WITH SEATING AREAS

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PUBLIC OPEN SPACE WITH SEATING AREA

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WORKS

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AI-MUTA STREET

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PROGRAMS AND SPACES ROOF

SKYLINE

WORKSHOP SPACES

3F

2F

LIBRARY WITH SEATING AREA BOOKSHELF STRUCTURE EXHIBITION SPACES FOR WORKSHOP

LIBRARY WITH SEATING AREA

LECTURE HALL

RAMP

1F OPEN SPACE WITH SHADOW

ENTRANCE OF CAFE TEMP. EXHIBITION SPACE WITH OUTDOOR SEATING OPEN SPACE WITH WIDE STEPS FOR LOCAL AND PRAYER EXISTING FACADE STAIRCASE ELEVATOR RECEPTION HALL WITH OFFICES AND MINI GARDEN CO-WORKING AND SHARE OFFICES

-1F

SAHN (”COURTYARD”) RESTROOM FLEXIBLE SPACE FOR TEMP. EXHIBITION OR MEETING EXHIBITION SPACE WITH COLORFUL GLASS CAFE WITH SEATING AREA AND MINI GARDEN

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SECTION A-A

EXISTING FACADE

WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP

LIBRARY AREA

RECEPTION HALL

LIBRARY AREA

HALL

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LIBRARY AREA

OFFICE

OFFICE

LECTURE HALL

HALL

SECTION B-B EXISTING FACADE

EXHIBITION SPACE

WORKSHOP

LIBRARY LIBRARY

RECEPTION HALL

EXHIBITION SPACE LECTURE HALL

RAMP

SAHN (”COURTYARD”)

CAFE LOBBY

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INHABITABLE COLUMN THESIS Concrete fabrication project Type: Fabrication and design, Teamwork, Jan. 2016 Purpose: Thesis, 2016 Winter, University of Michigan Instructor: Tsz Yan Ng, Wesley McGee Responsibility in team: Digital model, Grasshopping code for PETG’s “tab”, Formwork design and fabrication by MasterCam, CNC router, Zund knife cutter, KUKA 7-axis robot, Casting concrete and Rendering.

Background The aim of thesis project is to design an inhabitable column. To dematerializing a solid, heavy concrete column, which is present everywhere in concrete frame buildings, we decided to redesign it with a brunch-like structure. In doing so, one is able to explore the spaces within the column, in-between the brunches and even, outside the column, to make it inhabitable for users.

Recent experimentation with lightweight formwork such as the use of PETG enabled a more flexible way to cast concrete. No longer restrained by heavy and extensive formwork, both process and formal possibilities are opened up. Building off of precedents using PETG as formwork, we are working with tree structure geometries to explore techniques of casting for this inhabitable column. Testing developable surfaces to create folded PETG formwork along with robotic wire bending for reinforcement, our column design stems directly from parameters defined by the material, processes in casting, and scale. A reusable custom designed jig was developed that holds the lightweight PETG in place during the casting process. Each prototypes produced tested the limitation of the formwork. Scaling became a factor to determine the range by which the branch-like structure could be cast. And finally, the cast-in-place process was phased to enable ease of handling and to prevent blowouts from pressure generated during the pouring process.

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overall rebar structure

seperation system

rebar

rebar

plastic pipe joint

plastic pipe

rebar contactor

level 03 segment

rebar

plastic pipe

rebar

column segment contactor level 02 segment

rebar holder

rebar

rebar holder

level 01 segment

framework system

casting process level 01 overall framework (left) stapling petg (right)

formwork of the selected node (left) rebar holder and petg holder (right)

holder for locating rebar holder for fixing petg petg

rebar bending (left) We use 7-axis robot to bend the steels that would be the main structure of the column. This method gives us a opportunity to get the accurate shapes of rebar, exspecially for each rebar which has different length and angle, which guarantees each rebar would stay in the place according our design.

framework cutting (left) For the framework, we apply 3-axis CNC router for the same reason, accuracy, because the accuracy of framework would decide that each level of segments can combin with ecah other or not.

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prototype

selected node (biggest one)

rebar

petg

rebar holder

petg tab

grasshopper code for petg tab

casting process

testing and improving

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10750 LITTLE PATUXENT OfďŹ ce + Retails Type: Mixed Use, 2-story building, 20,000 S.F., Columbia, MD, June. 2019 Purpose: Proposal phase, Curry Architects Instructor: Nestor Zabala, AIA, LEED AP-CI, Principal Responsibility in team: Conceptural design and planning, 3D modeling and visualiztion rendering.

Background The project is located in Columbia, Maryland - a city has a kind of unique style building with a big Mono-pitched roof, brick and siding with brown or red color that you can see anywhere in this city. Thus, the client wants us design a new building with this unique elements, which match the city and let locals feel amiable.

Based on this requirement, I use 2 long simple boxes with typical size of ofďŹ ce and retail building to make the main body of building, and then cut them in certain proportion, push some of their faces back to create nice spaces for outdoor seating areas and randomly pull one of the top edge of each divided box up to create the mono-pitched roof.

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2

3

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5

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EXTERIOR FACADE DESIGN AND RENDERINGS Main role: 3D modeling and visualization renderings. In some of these projects, I also take part in preparing exterior facade design or renovation design, and in SD, DD, CD drawings.

3D VISUALIZATION WORKS in professional practice

respondsibility: DESIGNER AND 3d visualization specialist

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INTERIOR CONCEPTURAL DESIGN AND RENDERINGS Main role: Conceptural design, including selecting materials, designing or selecting furniture and light fixtures. Then 3D modeling and visualization renderings. I also work on planning and permit set document drawings, including occupant load calculation, life safety plans, partition walls, doors’ & windows’ schedules, among these projects.

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MUSHROOM WORLD IN THE QUNICY MINE Give a new life for the Qunicy mine

Type: Architectural design, Individual work, Sep. 2015 Purpose: Propositions Studio, 2015 Fall, University of Michigan Location: The Qunicy mine, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, U.S.A Instructor: Kathy Velikov Sofeware used: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-Ray, Keyshot Background Taking a materialist position, this studio will develop ways of working and thinking architecture through multiple temporal consciousnesses, through the simultaneous intertwinements and estrangements between the environment and society, through the dialectics between objects and landscapes, and through the cultivation of synthetic ecologies and technologies. Design work will focus on the architecture of a garden, and on developing an expanded notion of constructed landscapes of experience, process and knowledge.

In the Qunicy mine, a historical constructure, the most impressive feeling giving me is the original space and grand structure of the mine, and the its underground condition, cool and dark. These things represent the symbol of a mine to some degree. Thus, I decide to use these symbols to create a constructure for the Qunicy mine, which gives a new life for the mine. As the underground condition of the mine, it is perfect for culivating mushroom. I think it is a good opportunity to re-use the mine and let people re-focus on it by reasonally arrange the visiting spaces and the mushroom factory.

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the qunicy mine

site plan

hoist house

no.6 shaft house

no.2 shaft house

hoist house

no.4 shaft house

no.7 shaft house

no.6 shaft no.8 shaft no.9 shaft

longitdinal section of the pewabic lode east branches

the changing of skips

rock-handling process no.2 shaft house

the techniques changing in the qunicy mine

THE MAN-ENGINE In use: before mid 1860’s Function: setting miners into the mine, it can reach nearly 500 feet deep.

BEFORE 1862 Technique: Candle Tramming by hand Hammer and nail Man-engine

CANDLE Only way to light the mine Two methods: a. put it on soft hat b. put it on the ground

CHAINS In use: before 1864

KIBBLE 8-TON SKIP

10-TON SKIP

WATER SKIP

Introduced in 1902 Wight Empty: 5 lbs Rock Capacity: 7 to 8 tons

Introduced in 1920 Rock Capacity of 9 to 10 tons made those skips the largest ever used at the Quincy Mine

Introduced in 1903 Capacity: 1300-1500 gal

In use: 1850’s - 1860 Weight empty: 1000-1300 lbs Rock capacity: 1500-2000 lbs

TRAM CAR In use: before 1860’s By hand

Skip dumps for copper rock and mass copper

Drop hammer for cleaning rock from mass copper

Small rock

KIBBLE

SKIP

6-TON SKIP

In use 1850’s-1860 Wight Empty: 1000-1300 lbs 1500-2000 lbs

Wheeled skips introduced in 1863 Wight Empty: 2000-2500 lbs 2 to 3 lbs

Introduced in 1894 Wight Empty: 4 lbs

Mid rock

MECHANICAL DRILLS

Copper rock bin

SKIP In use: 1863 - 1894 Weight empty: 2000-2500 lbs Rock capacity: 2-3 tons

Skip dumps for poor rock

1879

“ Leyner rock drills” In use: after 1879 Automatically injected water

Technique: Mechanical drill Hammer and nail Air compressor Candle Skip

CANDLE

Poor rock bin

Only way to light the mine Two methods: a. put it on soft hat b. put it on the ground

AIR COMPRESSOR

Poor rock chute

MECHANICAL DRILLS

Supply power for mechanical drills

“ Leyner rock drills” Crushed rock bin

no.4 shaft

no.7 shaft 1896

MAN CAR

Technique: Mechanical drill Standard ore car Caride lamp Blasting Man car 6-ton skip

Introduced in 1892 Capacity: 30 men per trip

STANDARD ORE CAR BLASTING

The box can be rotated Capacity: up to 750 lbs

CARBIDE LAMP Gas lamp burn acetylene (C2H2)

This action would be acted ON Sat. as the dust would settle down on SUNDAY

SKIP GATE AND CHUTE SECTION

no.2 shaft

LEADVILLE ORE CARS In use: 1908 Weight: up to 800 lbs

8-TON SKIP In use: 1902 Weight empty: 5 tons Rock capacity: 7-8 tons

TRACTION ENGINE In use: 1903 The Tamarack mine used this engine with an endless rope haulage system to move tram cars along tracks on the level

MECHANICAL DRILLS “ Leyner rock drills”

1903 Technique: Mechanical drill Leadville ore car Electric lamp Traction engine Man car 8-ton skip

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methods of culti

origianl no.2 shaft house new shaft house

new tour train sation

original mine spaces

element extraction

element application

mushroom cultivation factory mushroom elevator

mushroom exhibition (original mine tunnel)

trails

vatingmushroom

new shaft houses with different methods of cultivating mushroom

net tunnels

“tree logs”

mushroom wall with holes

hanging “bag”

NO. 1 SHAFT HOUSE

NO. 2 SHAFT HOUSE

NO. 3 SHAFT HOUSE

NO. 4 SHAFT HOUSE

mushroom garden of “net”

mushroom garden of “forest”

mushroom garden of “wall”

mushroom garden of “bag”

bag with sawdust

growing on wall

growing on the tree logs

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02

Branched oyster mushroom Humidity: 80% to 90% Temperature for growth: 40.F to 75.F Nontoxic Materials for growing: straw Blue leratiomyces mushroom Humidity: 93% Temperature for growth: 50.F to 55.F Toxic Materials for growing: woodchip Psilocybe cubensis mushroom Humidity: 90% Temperature for growth: 40.F to 45.F Nontoxic Materials for growing: woodchip Laccaria amethystina mushroom Humidity: 90% to 95% Temperature for growth: 35.F to 40.F Toxic Materials for growing: buried wood Favolaschia calocera mushroom Humidity: 95% Temperature for growth: 50.F to 55.F Toxic Materials for growing: stumps Yellow cluster mushroom Humidity: 85% to 95% temperature for growth: 70.F to 80.F Toxic Materials for growing: stumps, hardwood Mycena chlorophos mushroom Humidity: 88% Temperature for growth: 60.F to 70.F Toxic Materials for growing: dead twigs Marasmius haematocephalus mushroom Humidity: 87% Temperature for growth: 50.F to 60.F Toxic Materials for growing: dead wood

mushroom wall distribution of different kinds of mushroom

mushroom harvest area

mushroom cultivation factory

mushroom exihibtions (original mine tunnel)

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bioswale

water

running path

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS A mash-up water treatment facility and cultural venue for the north end of Detroit, designed using models of fluid circulation in the mammalian brain

Type: Architectural design, Individual work, Sep. 2014 Purpose: Networks Studio, 2014 Fall, University of Michigan Location: North end, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A Instructor: V. Mitch, McEwen Sofeware used: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-Ray, Keyshot

Background There is, perhaps, no resource so vital to sustenance as water. The failures of 19th century conventions of water management (meeting the 21st century atrophy of the public sphere) reached a new apogee this summer with images of Detroit flooding at the same time that thousands of Detroit residents faced a water shortage. The STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS studio will take both the 100 year flood level and the emergencymanagementcreated crisis as starting points to design an integrated social infrastructure for water resources.

bioswale

flooding or storm water from street

bioswale

Photo by Stateside staff, Mar. 11, 2014 Source:http://michiganradio.org/post/will-michigan-spring-bring-water-water-everywhere#stream/0

bioswale

bioswale

Recently, metro Detroit suffered from flooding, and many streets were drowned. This phenomenon rarely happened before. As a Great Lakes project[1] says, the reason causing such unusual flooding in metro Detroit may be climate change, global warming that is one of the main cause. “Climate change projections suggest continued changes in the hydrology (the movement of water) of the Great Lakes region, including higher risk of more intense drought and flooding”[2].

As rising temperature in summer in Great Lakes region, “the heaviest 1% of rain events increased by 31%” [3].

What’s more, another major cause of flooding is that the storm water systems in metro Detroit cannot handle the amount of water that fell since “most of that infrastructure is more than 40 years old” without much maintenance and it “just uses a single pipe to convey sanitary waste from residences, industries and businesses, along with storm drainage”[4], said Amy Mangus, leader of plan implementation at SEMCOG. Such that, dirty water from flooding polluted clear water due to the limited capacity of treatment plant.

Thus, the planning and management priorities determined by communities based on their local assets and community demands. In other words, facing climate changing, such as more intense storm events, communities need to consider future the impacts caused by climate change while they make routine planning and infrastructure investment decisions. So what can be done? Detroit needs to rebuild a new water system to deal with unpredictable rain storm event in the future, but not just adding new pipes. “Using green infrastructure, such as green roof, installing pervious concrete in parking lots that allow water runoff to be absorbed into the ground rather than flow into storm drains. That water can then be recycled by property owners for sprinkler systems or other uses”[5], said Karen Kabbes, president of the environmental and water resources institute at the Washington, D.C. - based American Society of Civil Engineers, may settle the problem in long- term. There are many more processing methods to deal with storm drains to achieve a multi-party benefit result for communities and citizens, rather than just send storm water into the city system. Rising number of rain event may be not a quite terrible problem. However, taking another look at it, it may be an opportunity of gaining water if community can design a good water system since the cost of transporting water to each corner of city is free.

The other big event in Detroit about water is DWSD shut off the water service for residents who did not pay their water bill. There are 40% people in Detroit live under poverty line[6]. You imagine the life without water? They have no water to cook, to drink, to do daily activities that need water. They have to travel a long distance to get water, borrow water or even steal water. Therefore, creating a system of using cheaper sources, such as rainwater, snow and delivery water to each house are very important for the poor or ordinary residents. I believe the shortage of water supply would become more intense in the future since the growth of population.

[1] Dr Katherine J. Kahl, Heather Stirratt , “What could changing Great Lakes water levels mean for our coastal communities?”(published August 17) [2] ibid. P1 [3] ibid. P3 [4] Chris Gautz, “Storm drain system metro Detroit Michigan”, at Crains Detroit Busines magazine [5] ibid [6] Bill Mitchell, “In Detroit, Water Crisis Symbolizes Decline, and Hope”(published August 22, 2014)

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filteration device move fortmard

move backmard

water filter element

container for wasted water

off on

handle off container for clean water direction of water movement

direction of device movement

human power Americans love do execrise, like running every day.

Thus, this is a kind of power that we are easy to ignore and that we can use it to clear water, such as rain water.

device pick up and drop off points

biowale rainwater colletor and filter

running path

cultural venue center

roof As the idea mentioned above, one of the systems is the local houses. I design a device that is installed on the roof of those houses for collecting rainwater and snow and cleaning them by this roof device. Besides, this design as landscape makes this community being more interesting.

csf (cerebrospinal fluid) arterial pulsation water

water

“The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the central nervous system (CNS) has been thought to play a role in solute clearance from the brain. CSF formed in the choroid plexi flows through the cerebral ventricles and the subarachnoid space to its ultimate sites of reabsorption into the bloodstream via arachnoid villi of the dural sinuses, along cranial nerve sheaths or through the nasal lymphatics .

Interstitial solutes have been thought to be cleared to the CSF by the convective bulk flow of ISF, which courses diffusely through brain tissue, rather than through an anatomically or functionally discrete structure. Here, we have used in vivo two-photon imaging and other techniques to investigate the flow of subarachnoid CSF into and through the brain interstitium.”

aqp4

hydrostatic pressure interstitial solutes

astrocytic endfeet arterial vessel paravascular paravascular pathway pathway

simulation

venous vessel paravascular paravascular pathway pathway

We figure out the reason why water would move from arterial vessels to venous vessels. The energy comes from arterial pulsation producing hydrostatic pressure. The pressure would push the water located in paravascular pathways, and then it would pass AQP4, which just allows water to

vascuar component

My idea is to simulate the csf system, which means using “linker” to connect with two different systems. in the process of water movement from one system to another, water can be filted. in the meantimes, this type of water movement similar with that of the transportation of water in trees.

hydrostatic pressure

arterial vessel

2nd second

3rd second

4th second

para-venous

paravascular pathway

moving water

1st second

venous vessel

para-arterial

paravascular pathway

snow

rainwater

filter

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water system and cycle analysis of water cycle 1. creating bioswale system can play a role on draining heary storm water or ďŹ&#x201A;ooding to some degree. besides, bioswales are able to ďŹ lt some kinds of harmful or toxic substances, like haery metal, from rainwater.

2. when the water is fulled with the tank, the rest of it would be drained to storm drain system of city.

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MISSED MEMORIES Chinese Eastern Railway Cultural Heritage Pavilion Type: Architectural design, Individual work, Jan 2012 Purpose: Graduation project and Autodesk REVIT Cup Competition Location: ZhaLanTun, Inner Mongolia, China Site area: 14300 M2 Sofeware used: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-Ray, Keyshot, Phoenics, Ecotect

Background The contest selected an important cultural line, the Chinese eastern railway, which is taken as historical and cultural background. It is a multinational railway line being from the Siberian railway to northeast part of China in the end of the 19th century. Due to the construction of the railway, it led to a considerable number of Russian immigrants swarmed into, and numerous Russian buildings were massively built.

Thus, along the railway line,countless cities and towns had begun to appear, which made the whole of Mid-East railway line be full of a strong Russian cultural atmosphere. The sort of buildings are afďŹ&#x201A;uent, such as train station, word area, church, clubs, hospital, schools, barracks and a large number of railway houses.

The Chinese eastern railway cultural heritage pavilion is a place consisting of collecting function, exhibition, researching, education and academic communication etc.

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History of the Chinese Eastern Railway The Chinese Eastern Railway, a single-track line, provided a shortcut for the world’s longest railroad, the Trans-Siberian Railway, from near the Siberian city of Chita, across northern inner Manchuria via Harbin to the Russian port of Vladivostok. This route drastically reduced the travel distance required along the originally proposed main northern route to Vladivostok, which lay completely on Russian soil but wasn’t completed until a decade after the Manchurian “shortcut”.

In 1896 China granted a construction concession through northern Inner Manchuria under the supervision of Vice Minister of Public Works Xu Jingcheng. Work on the CER began in July 1897 along the line Tarskaya (east of Chita) – Hailar – Harbin – Nikolsk-Ussuriski, and accelerated drastically after Russia concluded a twenty-five year lease of Liaodong from China in 1898. Officially, traffic on the line started in November 1901, but regular passenger traffic from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok across the Trans-Siberian railway didn’t commence until July 1903.

In 1898, construction of a 550-mile (880-km) spur line, most of which later formed the South Manchuria Railway, began at Harbin, leading southwards through Eastern Manchuria, along the Liaodong Peninsula, to the ice-free deep-water port at Lüshun, which Russia was fortifying and developing into a first-class strategic naval base and marine coaling station for its Far East Fleet and Merchant Marine. This town was known in the west as Port Arthur, and the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was fought largely over who would possess this region and its excellent harbor, as well as whether it would remain open to traders of all nations (Open Door Policy).

The Chinese Eastern Railway was essentially completed in 1902, a few years earlier than the stretch around Lake Baikal. Until the Circumbaikal portion was completed (1904–1905; double-tracked, 1914), goods carried on the Trans-Siberian Railway had to be trans-shipped by ferry almost a hundred kilometers across the lake (from Port Baikal to Mysovaya).

The Chinese Eastern Railway became important in international relations. After the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Russia gained the right to build the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria. They had a large army and occupied Northern Manchuria, which was of some concern to the Japanese. Russia pressed China for a “monopoly of rights” in Manchuria, but China reacted to this by an alliance with Japan and the United States against Russia.

From “Wikipedia”

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interior rendering Standing at this spot, visitors would see a rampway giving them a feeling of a great visual impact. Besides, sunlight would perfuse the whole space thought a huge glass wall, which creates a space being ďŹ lled with wonderful light effect.

ground floor plan

view point of rendering

8 6 1. Multi-function hall 2. Box office 3. Lobby 4. VIP room 5. Preface hall 6. Exhibition hall 7. Courtyard 8. Storeroom 9. Rest room 10. Rest space & cafeteria 11. 360° Multimedia sparing 12. Surveillance Room 13. Reference room 14. Office 15. Meeting room 16. Duty room & reception room 17. Research laboratory 18. Public reading

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interior rendering Standing at this spot, visitors would see a spacious space with sunlight perfusing the whole space thought a huge glass wall, which creates a space being ďŹ lled with wonderful light effect.

b1 floor plan

view point

clay layer

This layer is set in underground as the site is located in cold region ( 48.014°N 122.737°E ). Thus, ground would provide certain heat in some degree, and it is a good way of being blown by biting wind in winter.

As being in underground, setting certain opening courtyards inside is an effective method to offer sufficient sunlight, which is more energy saving and adds beautiful views.

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17.5mm laminated safety glass+18mm cavity+12.3mm laminated safety glass precast concrete hollow slab waterproof layer of roof + 100mm insulating layer moulding styrofoam 70*70mm aluminum keel of ceiling i-steel beam 50*50mm wooden keel of ceiling 100mm insulating layer moulding styrofoam 100*100mm steel keel of steel cladding panel air inlet of central air conditioning weathering steel cladding panel

sunlight

wooden panel of ceiling steel i-column 13.5mm laminated safety glass low-e coating 100mm air cavity 10.3mm low-iron float glass

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outtake of wind pipe concrete wall 50*50mm wooden keel reinforced concrete beam mechanical shutter

backfill 50mm 1:3 cement mortar screeding layer waterproof layer concrete wall grass layer

rainwater pipe 150mm cobbly layer + M2.5 cement mortar layer

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exterior rendering

Thinking drafts

This perspective shows the view of main entrance. As the entrance is set underground, visitors would pass a huge ramp connecting the entrance. As we can see from this graphic image, there are a large number of plants at the both side of ramp and walls, which gives visitors a scene of being comfortable and beautiďŹ es the building. Besides, using weathering steel on the part of ground ďŹ&#x201A;oor makes the scene being more fascinating and historical, which meets the theme of this pavilion.

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Wind analysis (made by Phoenics) Winter (exterior)

Wind pressure!!1.5m above the ground

Wind speed!!1.5m

Wind speed (vector)!!1.5m

Wind pressure!!.2.5m

Wind speed!!.2.5m

Wind speed (vector)!!1.5m

Wind pressure!!.2.5m

Wind speed!!.2.5m

Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ǀĞŶƟůĂƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ǁŝŶĚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǁŝŶĚǁĂƌĚ ƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞĞƐŝĚĞ ŝƐ under 5Pa͘ /Ŷ ƐƵĐŚ ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ǁŝŶĚ͘ ĞƐŝĚĞƐ͕ ǁŝŶĚ ƐƉĞĞĚ making people feel comfortable is ďĞůŽǁ ϭŵͬƐ.

Summer (exterior)

Wind pressure!!1.5m above the ground

Wind speed!!1.5m

/Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ǁŝŶĚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǁŝŶĚǁĂƌĚ ƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞĞƐŝĚĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ expeed 1.5Pa͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ǁŝŶĚ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝŶĚ ƐƉĞĞĚ making people feel comfortable is ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭŵͬƐ ĂŶĚ ϱŵͬƐ.

Summer (interior ventilation)

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Wind pressure!!2.5m above the ground

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Climate information Severe cold area >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚĞ 48.014°N 122.737°E

Wind speed (vector)!!.2.5m Solar condition

Wind condition

Wind speed (vector)!!.2.5m

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Winter comfort zone!!.Ϯ͘ϱŵ ;ŽŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ǀĞŶƟůĂƟŽŶͿ

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1. Roof Ϯ͘ ĞŝůŝŶŐ͗ ĐŽƵƐƟĐ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ƉůĂƚĞ н ůŝŐŚƚƐ ϯ͘ KǀĞƌŚĞĂĚ ďƌŝĚŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƐƚĂŐĞ ϰ͘ ^ƚŽƌĞƌŽŽŵ ϱ͘ dŽŝůĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁĞƌ ĞŶĐůŽƐƵƌĞƐ ϲ͘ KĸĐĞƐ ϳ͘ ZĞƐƚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ϴ͘ DĞĚŝƵŵͲƐŝnjĞĚ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĞ ƌŽŽŵ ϵ͘ DĞĞƟŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ϭϬ͘ >ĂƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝƵŵͲƐŝnjĞĚ ĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ϭϭ͘ ƵƐƚƵŵĞƐ ƌŽŽŵ ϭϮ͘ WƌŽƉƐ ƌŽŽŵ ϭϯ͘ ^ŵĂůůͲƐŝnjĞĚ ĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ϭϰ͘ >ĂƌŐĞͲƐŝnjĞĚ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĞ ƌŽŽŵ ϭϱ͘ ^ŵĂůůͲƐŝnjĞĚ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĞ ƌŽŽŵ ϭϲ͘ dŽŝůĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁĞƌ ĞŶĐůŽƐƵƌĞƐ ϭϳ͘ ƵƚLJ ƌŽŽŵ Θ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ƌŽŽŵ ϭϴ͘ ŽƵƌƚLJĂƌĚ ϭϵ͘ s/W ƌŽŽŵ ϮϬ͘ &ŝƌĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ƌŽŽŵ Ϯϭ͘ >ŝĮŶŐ ƐƚĂŐĞ ϮϮ͘ ƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ƌŽŽŵƐ Ϯϯ͘ KƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂ Ϯϰ͘ ƵĚŝƚŽƌŝƵŵ Ϯϱ͘ ^ŝĚĞ ŚĂůů Ϯϲ͘ DĂŝŶ ŚĂůů Ϯϳ͘ ĂĨĞ Ϯϴ͘ ZĞƉŽƌƚ ŚĂůů Ϯϵ͘ KƉĞŶŝŶŐ ůŝƩůĞ ƚŚĞĂƚĞƌ ϯϬ͘ džŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ ϯϭ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ ƌŽŽŵƐ

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formwork and cast method

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Concrete fabrication Type: Fabrication, teamwork, Sep. 2015 Purpose: Thesis, 2015 Fall, University of Michigan Instructor: Tzs Yan Ng, Wesley McGee Team menbers: Zhenjia Wang, Xiayi Li Responsibility in the team: Physical modeling (3-axis CNC router operator), Digital modeling (Rhino and MasterCam file).

Background In light of digital fabrication, the complexity of parts in relation to the whole and its corresponding production is often a confusing and laboring process. By providing a system of organization and logic specific to the design, coherence of the project would yield a better product for fabrication and assembly.

For this project, we just use only one simple unit to create a concrete wall. Each unit’s shape is a hexagon with a series of specific inner angle. The most interesting thing is each unit can fit with each other, which makes the way of making this wall become simple and which reduces the labor of making this wall.

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MOON SCAPE Planter, Fabrication with CNC router Type: Digital Fabrication, teamwork, Jan. 2016 Purpose: Elective course, 2016 Winter, University of Michigan Instructor: Wesley, McGee Team menbers: Zhenjia Wang, Xiayi Li Responsibility in the team: the concept of design, Physical modeling (3-axis CNC router operator), Digital modeling (Rhino and MasterCam ďŹ le).

Background This project creates several multi-function pieces, which can be used as planters or something between holders and small sculptures.

As home decoration pieces, due to the surface and edges processing done to them, these pieces have the potential to be puzzles, which create fun while the uses trying to assemble them in different ways.

This project is milled from MDF using a 3-axis CNC router. For the sake of keeping the beauty of machinery, part of the surface is left without sanded.

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