Architectural Portfolio_Lingfan Jiang

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Studio Project | Fall 2022

Office Project | 2021

Studio Project | Fall 2021

School Project | Fall 2022

AirC a cyborg company

In Collaboration with: Yuntian Zhang

Contribution: Conceptual Design (40%), Technical Drawings and Renderings (50%), Website Development (90%)

https://lfjiang1996.wixsite.com/airco

In AirCO, we are taking advantage of the automation to build good machines, machines that are not aiming for optimization solely, turning the heavily emissive factory line into a self-cleaning, self-digesting cyborg. The idea of optimization is embedded in modern and contemporary every-day machines like air conditioner, computers, microwaves, and so on, aiming for production rate and quality as high as possible. A good machine like AirCO cyborg, on the other hand, is constantly negotiating with itself, contesting its own birth and creation, eating up its footprint along the process of its completion.

Amino Acids Water

Carbonate Solution

Crystallization

Carbonate Crystals

On-site Processing and Storage Transport

Fuel Plant

Guanidine Recycled Solar Heat to Release CO2

Concrete Factory

Existing carbon capture and storage technology can only slow down the carbon emissions of large point sources but cannot treat the already accumulated CO2 in the environment. Crystallization provides a simple strategy to capture CO2 directly from ambient air. The reactive process forms insoluble crystals that trap CO2 in a carbonate form in a dense hydrogen bonding network. The process is reversible by heating the crystals to recycle the solution and CO2 for other uses.

Synthetic Fuel

Concrete “Curing”

The recycled CO2 from the crystallization process can be reutilized in power production, concrete production, and urban farm greenhouses that use CO2 to facilitate photosynthesis reactions in plants. The recycled guanidine compound can be turned into solutions for future crystallization processes.

Guanidine Compound

AirCO cyborg-01

AirCO cyborg-01 is a mechanization of a natural process - crystallization. It functions as a cybernetic organ for architecture and the environment by grafting it onto the subject and feeding on the CO2 released from mechanical systems, factories, and vehicles. The unit responds to the CO2 concentration values in the surrounding atmosphere and captures CO2 through the crystallization process. The unit is designed to be replicable, flexible, and deployable

AirCO Tower (Bottom Half)

Sorting Deck

Pneumatic Assembly

Frame Assembly

Parts Printing

Amino Acid Storage

Greenhouse Gas Storage

Synthetic Fuel Storage

Sorting Deck

Loading/ Unloading Port

Metal 3D Printing

We use metal 3D printing method to manufacture the component parts of the units.

Synthetic Fuel Storage

We provide on-site crystal process and synthetic fuel storage service.

Frame Assembly

Frame Assembly

Sorting Deck

Storage& Depolyment Deck

AirCO Tower (Top Half)

Pneumatic Fabric Install

After the pneumatic fabric is installed, the fabrication of the units is complete.

Frame Assemblage

As the parts are conveyed upwards, the frames are assembled.

Alpha Test

Earlier this fall, we carried out the first field test on the Cross Bronx Expressway, NY. Piercing through the city of Bronx, this intervention of Robert Moses has caused heavy impairment to the city development, community welfare and environmental conditions.

As one of the busiest and most congested traffic venues in New York City, the daily truck traffic on the CBE is twice the amount on the neighbor highways, major Deegan, and Bruckner expressway. By applying the average number of emissions per mile by each passenger car and truck, the estimated annual emission on CBE would take 560 Central Parks, absorbing emissions non-stop, for an entire year. This makes the CBE the perfect and “fertile” ground for AirCO interventions.

Built for Flexibility

AirCO cyborg-01 is designed with the capacity for different stacking formations. Ball joints allow the overall form to be compressed or stretched in all directions, allowing flexibility to fit in varying environmental conditions - horizontal, slope, and vertical surfaces.

Expressway

Future Mass Deployment

The Cross Bronx Expressway is only the test ground for AirCO. Our cyborg modules feed on carbon dioxide and human activities. Therefore, the AirCO towers could be placed in any high carbon dioxide environment. Expressways, urban environments, power plants, and so on.

Cityscape

LEE RESIDENCE

Single Family House Design | Guilford, USA

Contribution: Modelling, Diagrams, Renderings

The project is located in Guildford, Connecticut which is named after the town of Guildford in England. There is a collection of historic homes built by English settlers in North America. Responding to the rich history of the site, the architect decided to build a New England style home for the Lee family.

Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the house sits on the high ground by the sea. The painted “Christina’s World” is another inspiration for the project. If you stand at the end of the road, a winding path will slowly converge your sight to the distant house. The traditional architectural style perfectly integrates the house into the bigger environment.

The front door and the main entrance are recessed from the driveway and limited glazing is placed at the front of the house. It creates a sense of privacy and protection for the family.

A lighthouse in the distance is framed by the front entrance and guides people’s sight beyond the house itself. Once inside the house, the view widens up dramatically. The light-filled living room and dining room create a sharp contrast to the darker entrance. Light oak could be found as a design element for the interior finishes. It provides a warm atmosphere to the family. The revealed steel beam in the ceiling brings a touch of modern architecture to the New England style.

OUTSIDE-IN

The architect makes the exterior siding come inside the house and blurs the boundary between the interior and exterior. The flat-roofed areas are used as circulations inside the house and play a key role in spatial continuity and transition. The enclosed staircase leads people to the lower level and also becomes a buffer zone between the living room and the master bedroom.

The house is situated on the hill and flows down with the slope at the backside. It maximizes the reception of sunlight while keeping a modest, single-story profile at the front door. Because of the elevation difference, various options are explored for the path coming from inside the house to the edgeless pool. With four different design iterations, the architect decided to eliminate the stair at the exterior deck and use the interior staircase as the only vertical circulation path. It not only simplifies the circulation but also creates a more open view in the back.

DECK STUDY I

MASSING STUDY I “BARN ROOF”

DECK STUDY II

MASSING STUDY II “SAILBOAT”

DECK STUDY III

MASSING STUDY III “FLAT ROOF”

WAVE

JFK Airport T4 | New York City, USA

In Collaboration with: MinYoung Jessica Jeong

Contribution: Conceptual Design (70%), Technical Drawings and Renderings (70%), Model Making (35%)

The project helped develop a strong, comprehensive, holistic design process and learn to seek inspirations from the design components and sociocultural issues involved in a large, complex building project. The goal is to create a civic getaway while elegantly balancing the many interrelated and interdependent performative systems that are critical to the function. The studio project requirements also closely paralleled the real project currently being planned for the expansion of T4.

“An airport is often people’s first impression of a city and the last stop before they leave.”

INDOOR GARDEN

At the turning point of the existing concourse and the proposed expansion, an indoor garden starts the new journey of the new concourse. The undulating dropped ceiling starts here and enhances the sense of depth of the interior space.

Mezzanine Level Plan

In the middle of the concourse, passengers can get food from the vendors and sit wherever they prefer with unique compressing and releasing moments formed by the dropped ceiling.

FOOD & BEVERAGE

CENTRAL CIRCULATION

The target users are distinct for the two levels. Passengers travel fast on the concourse floor while the others ramble on the mezzanine level. The moving walkway positions the travelers in the center of the space and becomes the best viewing point to enjoy the flowing nature of the interior space.

Concourse Level Plan

HOLDROOM School Project | Fall 2019

INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL STERILE CORRIDOR

INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL

THE OCULUS

INDOOR GARDEN/ RESTING AREA

DEPARTURE FLOOR WAITING AREA

Longitudinal Section Scale: 1’ = 1/8”

MECHANICAL SYSTEM

INTERRELATED SYSTEMS

All the architectural and system elements choreograph the passenger circulation within the concourse. The mechanical system that contains heating, cooling, ventilation, and rainwater collection is distributed modularly at each gate, located in-between the undulating dropped ceiling and the roof above it. The designer chose to use a dedicated outdoor air system for delivering outdoor air ventilation that handles both the latent and sensible loads of conditioning the ventilation air. The variable refrigerant flow is used for heating and cooling within the concourse. The system column and an oculus created accordingly are used as instinctive wayfinding systems across the whole concourse.

CURTAIN WALL

Retail on Fifth Avenue | New York City, USA

The design of the facade is inspired by the painting “Etching for Parkett” by Brice Marden. I love the simplicity of the drawing as well as the variation it presents with limited colors and elements. The thin lines in the painting become the unitized grid on the facade. The varying spacing between the thin lines changes the use and material of the panels. The vertically continuous granite units define the edge of each bay and break the horizontal pattern of the grid. An additional layer of shading device is interpreted from the thick horizontal lines in the painting. It also works as a light shelf that provides additional lighting during the day.

Roadmap Plan

Road Map Section 1/4" = 1'-0"

Roadmap Section

WT-1: Aluminum, Glass, Granite, Unitized Curtain Wall System:

The system consists of three insulating glass units four-side structural silicone glazed onto unitized frames of thermally broken, custom profile extruded aluminum. The glazed spandrel areas incorporate insulating glass, coated aluminum backpan, minimum 3-1/2 inches mineral fiber insulation, galvanized steel channel aligned with the perimeter fire safing, and galvanized smoke barrier sheet. The granite panels are anchored to aluminum sub-framing, backed with integral insulation and galvanized steel channel. Additional support is provided within the aluminum extrusion as needed to install shading devices in the field. System is anchored to the building structure at top of concrete slab.

STACK JOINT

STRUCTURAL SILICONE

GLASS SETTING BLOCK

GLASS SETTING CHAIR

SILICONE GASKET

THERMAL BREAK

RAISED FLOOR

COATED ALUMINUM 1/8" PLATE SHADOW BOX

SMOKE BARRIER

ANCHOR PLATE

FIRE STOP

CONCRETE SLAB

EMBEDDED CHANNEL POUR STOP

MINERAL FIBER INSULATION

TRIPLE-GLAZED IGU WITH LOW-E COATING

GALVANIZED BACKPAN

SHADE POCKET

GRANITE PANEL

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