ARC108 Architectural Design II Mike Yang

Mike Yang

Portfolio ARC108

Architectual Design II

ISSUE 07

Contents 1. Ex1. The Analysis of a City and it’s Architecture

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2. Ex2. The Analysis of Urban Buildings and Their Facades

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3. Ex3. Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out)

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The Analysis of a City and it’s Architecture Exercise 1

The Analysis of a City and it’s Architecture Exercise 1

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This exercise’s goal was to teach the usefulness and importance of analyzing exsisting structing and learning from them. Groups were given vague topics to explore and expand on around downtown Syracuse to study. This implimented the combination of field work as well as digital work.

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311 S Franklin St. Pastabilities Built around 1860-1890

120 W Walton St. Empire Brew Company Built around 1860-1890

133 Walton St. Apartment complex Bult in 1995

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This diagram is inspired by artist who placed photos next to each other to create an unique experience. This diagram takes the experience one takes when infront of each facade and combines all of them together. This turns building facades into peices of art, which together create downtown Syracuse.

201 S Warren St. KeyBank Built in 1869

120 E Washington St. The University Building Built in 1897

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227 W Fayette St. China Cafe Built in 1895

Diagrams were developed after studies were done in the field. On the left is a study of the variety of rooftops within downtown Syracuse. Under each rooftop contains information about the building which it is part of.

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215 Walton St. Sakana sushi Bar Built around 1860-1890

308 S Franklin St. Pasta Daily Built around 1860-1890

319 S Salina St. Blue Reality LLC Built year: unknown

The Analysis of Urban Buildings and Their Facades Exercise 2

The Analysis of Urban Buildings and Their Facades Exercise 2

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This exercise was a group project which, as a group, would analyze a given project which has already been completed. The project here is Zaha Hadid’s Museum of Contemporary Arts.

Located in Cincinnati, the project uniquely expresses the interior and its purpose on the facades. It also connects itself with its surroundings. For example, at the south-west corner of the building, there is a part of the building which connect with the sidewalk. Almost as if the sidewalk flows up the side of the building, connecting itself to the museum.

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South Elavation 123.7ft 116.0ft

99.1ft 93.1ft 86.0ft 77.0ft

62.1ft 57.4ft

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East Elavation

The Analysis of Urban Buildings and Their Facades Exercise 2

The Analysis of Urban Buildings and Their Facades Exercise 2

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Diagrams help viewers understand the project in greater detail. This can also help the architect themselves better understand what they are working on

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Concrete

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Concrete painted black

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Transformed Facade After studying the facade of the project, one aspect of the existing facade was required to influence the transformed facade. This facade was influenced by the seeming random rotations of the blocks that made up the facade. Each block was rotated to create a unique facade unlike the original, but keeping it recognizable.

Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out) Exercise 3

Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out) Exercise 3

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Within dense cities, the ability to change and to replace a building is difficult. The concept behind this project is based on a 9x9 grid structure which is able to change the spaces within, allowing for the program to be flexable. The building is also adaptable to its everchanging environment, able to build higher or lower, simply by changing the grid of the structure. There is also a play on division of spaces in the structure itself. Not only do the divisions create a unique facade but also it communicates the program on the inside from the outside. The idea is that the less divisions there are on the facade, having a larger opening, the more public that space is. The more divisions there are, making the spaces smaller and smaller, the more private the spaces will become. The game of private vs. public can also be solved simplely by building a wall within the facade, making the space private from the public. The only part of the building that is static is the core of the structure. The core contains the elavator and stairs which connect the whole building together. This makes it simple to move from space to space and also allows for a constant which spaces within can rely on being there. This flexablility creates unique opportunities, with the ability to change the current program within, add or take away programs, or comepletely erase all programs and create a new one.

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Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out) Exercise 3

Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out) Exercise 3

Floor Plans

3rd Floor

South Elavation

West Elavation

2nd Floor

1st Floor South Section

West Section

Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out) Exercise 3

Designing an Urban Building (From the Inside Out) Exercise 3

Diagrams Present

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Near Future

Materiality Diagram

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1. Elavator 2. Auditorium 3. Archive 4. Lobby

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Refrence Images

Interior Model Photos