Community Design|Customizable Units|Flexible Adaptation to Population
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Mentor: Daniele Porfeta |2024 Spring Collaborator: Xinyu (Avalin) Li Site: Rio Marina, Elba Island, Italy
"===/ /===" is a public architecture embedded in the cliff of Rio Maria, a beautiful small town on Elba Island.It creates a convenience tunnel to activate the lower part of the beautiful beach. It also brings an enriching sensory contrast by varying the light, scale, and views between the front and back parts of this architecture. The size and purpose of the space are also flexible. It always corresponds to the different needs of the local people. The elderly can play cards in the morning, kids can hang out after school, and adults can enjoy performances or movies after work. Soft divisions within the architecture allow people to take their space based on their needs.
Upper Activity Space 2
Lumu Museum
Mentor: Yuyang Liu |2024 Fall
Collaborator: Yun (Sally) Jiang Site: Lumu District, Hangzhou, China
Lumu Museum aims to weave the traditional Suzhou Street texture and existing urban layout into a contemporary architecture, through its form, facade texture, and the arrangements of programs.
Phase 1: Analyzed the characteristics of the site: the west side of the canal has modern architecture for education purpose, while the east side of the canal is more traditional and commercial
Phase 2: Drafting the massing strategy to meet the requirements for the hotel, commercial street, office, and museum
Phase 3: Coming up with the strategy that the architecture complex serves as a mediator between the east side and the west side of the site; the facade and the function respond to the surrounding environment
Path as the Spine
Museum forming courtyards and connection
Museum forming courtyards and connection
Strengthening the spine as urban
Strengthening the spine as urban experience
Massing Model in Site (Top View)
Chunk Model 1 (Sectional View)
Chunk Model 1 (Perspective View)
Chunk Model
Third Floor Plan
Render of Hotel Facade
View of the Hotel and Commercial Zone from River Side
View of the Museum and the Commercial Zone from River Side
View of the West Side of the Museum
View of the Research Center on the West Side
Axon in Site_ South Side View
Terrance 1054
Mentor: Richard Rosa |2023 Fall Individual Work
Site: Q-Park Byzantium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Terrance 1054 tries to bring traditional Amsterdam Street culture into a modern architectural context. Challenging the common idea about the living room, people in Amsterdam move their chairs outdoors or even close to the street as their real "living room." Thus, the street becomes the place for social activities. Similar to this project, to create a shared public space between neighbourhoods, the solid boundaries of balconies are brokenen. The original isolated balconies become a continuous street to hang out.
Mentor: Valerie Rachel Herrera |2023 Spring Individual Work
Site: Los Lavaderos, Tequila Jalisco, Mexico
The Ascending and Descending Tequila Factory is derived from two intertwined circulations: the circulation of blue agave and the circulation of visitors. The production line gradually descends into the ground: the fruits of blue agave take advantage of the gravity to roll down, going through the sequence of tequila production to save the labor force. The visitors start their visit from the bottom of the hill, gradually ascending through the programs in a reverse manner to uncover the story of tequila and finally witness the original product, the blue agave.
The production machines and facilities are incorporated into the architecture’s form. Thus, the architecture could be treated as a giant machine for tequila. Also, the two circulations, parallel for the machinerybased part, become more intertwined when they come to the manual labor-based part. At this point, visitors can join the workers to enjoy the
Tequila Production Process Collage
Long Section of the Tequila Factory
During Production
Start of Visiting
Roof for growing plants
Place for visitors to gather
Extended Platform for workers
After Production Paths for Visitors Consistent ascending experience
0 Degree Axon
Buried under earth
Gathering Space and Store
Falling Path for Juice
Grinding Section
Stove for Baking
Visitors can see and taste the fresh juice
Activate different paths base on demand
Pools for Fermintation
Place for habitats to hang out
Room for Gathering
Start of production
Storage of Blue Agave
Plan of upper part scale: 1: 40
Nigerian Film School
Mentor: Joseph Godlewski |2022 Fall Individual Work
Site: Kano Street, Abuja, Nigeria
Two key themes for this project are soft boundary and passive systems. Research indicates significant local architectural features: a compound form for safety reasons and cultural tradition and a passive design to create a comfortable environment with low energy costs. Thus, this design focuses on these two elements to create the film school.
In this project, the height difference creates a boundary for a more open-eye view. Certain ground-floor areas are left to share with the passersby. The classrooms are arranged on the second floor with an active louver system that can be easily adjusted for different weathers.
Section
Section
Octaflora
Competition: YAC Home After Crisis |2023 Summer Group Work:Yexin (Tina) Jiang, Yun (Sally) Jiang, Xinyu (Avalin) Li
Site: Malkohi, South Nigeria
Family Units
Scenarios
Scenarios
Flexible Combinations
the corridor is constructed)
Flexible Combinations
Different Scenarios can take place at the connecting corridor, this is designated for family unit type D and C(if the corridor is constructed)
Pray (Islamic)
Pray (Islamic)
(Muslim)
Polygamous Family (14)
(Muslim)
Polygamous Family (14)
Multigenerational and polygamous Family (18)
72/76/88
Multigenerational and polygamous Family (18)
72/76/88
Crafting/ Relaxing
Craftsmanship/market
Praying (Christian)
Craftsmanship/market
Crafting/ Relaxing
In this case, by removing two houses at two ends of the corridor, different scenarios can take place at these places where the houses used to sit.
This is designated for famiily unit type E, A and B with a growing expection in population in the future.
In this case, by removing two houses at two ends of the corridor, different scenarios can take place at these places where the houses used to sit.
This is designated for famiily unit type E, A and B with a growing expection in population in the future.
movable sliding door
movable sliding door
Pray (Christian)
Other Works
Whitman School of Management HVAC System Analysis
Due to a southfacing facade, the building will gain a fair amount of thermal energy from the low angled sun that is benificial for the building. To response, the vertical louvers will turn more perpendicularly (partially) to the glazing wall to embrace the mild sunlight that provides thermal energy to the building and reduces the energy needs for the heating system. The windows are closed with the double glazed wall to store the thermal energy within the interior.
a. Aluminum sloped glazing system
b. Aluminum composite wall panel
c. ST. STL. handrail bracket d. 2”x24x24 precast conc. roof pavers f. Suspended woof ceiling panel
g. AGP Fineline-XTS operable glass louvres (cLosed)
i. Steel Cable set
k. 1” I.G.U. double glazing glass with Patterned frit. h. Kinetic aluminum verital louvers (perpendicular to the glazing; winter condition)
l. ST. STL. Cable
m. Four sided struct silicone glazed sloped alum. Curtain wall w/1”I.G.U.
n. Steel tube truss
o. Alum. head w/snap cover p. STR. Silicone glazed alum. sill mullion
ST. STL. Cable r. Precast terrazo tile s. Reinf. conc. curb platform t. Thin set epoxy terrazzo u. Concrete topping slab v. Radiant floor heating & cooling system w. Conc. slab on metal deck x. HVAC (supply diffuser) e. Curtain wall bracing anchor w/ Slotted holes to allow for vertical movement
