This project explores the integration of sustainable materials and energy-e昀케cient strategies to create a high-performance ski hotel in Boyne Falls, North Michigan (Climate Zone 6A).
Sustainable & Energy-E昀케cient Solutions
• Hemp wool insulation for high thermal performance and reduced embodied carbon.
• CLT + concrete core for stability; lightweight stick-frame upper 昀氀oors to minimize structural load.
• South-facing angled balconies maximize sunlight exposure and thermal comfort.
Passive Design & Energy Systems
• PV panels and high-e昀케ciency HVAC reduce energy consumption.
This movie theater in downtown Ann Arbor explores how materials de昀椀ne space and create meaningful experiences. The design uses light as a material, with a perforated metal and glass block facade that 昀椀lters light to shape di昀昀erent atmospheres throughout the building.
Light & Material De昀椀ning Space
• Light acts as an architectural element, shaping the atmosphere and movement throughout the building.
• The facade 昀椀lters and directs light, de昀椀ning spaces and creating unique visual experiences.
Light-Filtering Facade & Transparency
• A dual-layer system of perforated panels and glass blocks regulate light, opacity, and transparency.
• Translucent layers contrast with solid volumes for visual depth.
Urban Integration & Massing
• Lifted up northern building block fosters public engagement.
• Open-air cinema and semi-public entrance connect theater to the city.
DESIGN GENERATIONDESIGN ANALYSIS
1. Site: 400 S Ashley St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
+822FT+809FT -13FT
2. Use contour lines to divide the site.
3. Create ramps for circulation and public spaces.
4. Extrude the main volumes.
5. Add supporting structure. 6. Introduce plinth and atriums.
7. Introduce the spaces for cinema. 8. Incorporate a light-昀椀ltering exterior facade.
100 Seats Cinema
49 Seats Cinema1
49 Seats Cinema2
Restrooms
O昀케ces
Collective Space
CONCEPT-MATERIAL TEST
PERFORATEDPANELS(CHIPBOARD)GLASSBLOCKS(ARCYLIC)
Size of the holes: Small → Large
Density of the holes: High → Low With PatternWithout Pattern
LIGHTBOX
In the Material Test, a lightbox created to observe the di昀昀erent light patterns caused by sunlight passing through light 昀椀lter panels from various directions. The top of the box has several slots where you can insert any panels to observe the di昀昀erent e昀昀ects of perforated plates and glass blocks when combined in di昀昀erent orders, placed at di昀昀erent depths, or placed individually.
This urban design proposal reimagines Yangliuqing’s southern islet as a connected, e昀케cient, and diverse community. Using Grasshopper and Python, we optimized circulation and spatial organization, ensuring connectivity and e昀케cient land use.
Parametric Design & Computational Planning
• Used Grasshopper & Python to optimize circulation and spatial layout.
• Applied Voronoi & Genetic Algorithms for zoning, Dijkstra Algorithm for road and river networks.
Sustainable & Human-Centered Integration
• Preserved farmland while modernizing urban life.
• Mixed-use layout optimizes sunlight, wind, and transit access.
The metropolitan outskirt communities like this project are in mixture of urban and suburban system. They are complicated in popularity composition, followed with cultural conflicts and integration. Therefore, various space forms are demanded to meet the need of people from different backgrounds.
DESIGNTHINKING
The site is located in an islet which is on the south of the ancient town of Yangliuqing. We divided the site into 4 quadrants. The entrance and the exit are on the southwest and northeast of the site.In consideration of directions of the wind in summer and winter; illumination and the metro station the residential buildings are located in the 2,4 quadrant ,the public buildings in the 1,3 quadrant. Then the program divided the site by the location of points and Voronoi diagram with Genetic Algorithm.
DESIGNGENERATION
1.Transit Network Based on Voronoi Diagram
SITE PLAN
2.Division of Built-up Areas
3.Elevation Di昀昀erences Based on Functions
Buildings Design
The grocery stores are located in buildings on the edge of the sunken plaza. The community service center and the nursing home are located in the podiums of the residential buildings.There is a roof garden in the residential area. In addition, every family can plant on the balcony.
The farmland is distributed on the edge of the site.
Grocery Store
Waterfront Space
OTHER WORKS
The Biological-breath Corner Wetland Park Design, 2020
The Planning and Design of Yuyao Ceramic Kiln Undergraduate Thesis, 2021
Keneenaw Bay-Afterworlds Memorial Design Propositions Studio, 2024
Nest Box Design
Fabrication 2023 (CNC, 3D Printing, Rob Bending)
Assembly Order
DRAWING & MODEL
Traditional Chinese Architecture Survey Drawing Pavilion in Western Qing Tomb
Model in Design Progress (Institution Studio)
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Work during Internship at RSP
Cambodia Chinese Cultural Center, Phnom Penh
Role: conducted site analysis; produced diagrams, renderings and presentation layout; aided in landscape design; conducted material research and implemented façade design concepts.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Work during Internship at RSP
Highspeed Railway Station Expansion, Deqing
Role: produced diagrams, plans, renderings and presentation layout; aided in landscape design
