Portfolio of Qiaofeng Chen

Concept

In this project we focus on how can additive manufacturing create large organic spaces. Using materials and forms to capture the idea of past, present, and future. The advantages of 3D printing technology are high efficiency, low cost and the freedom to design even complex shapes. Considering the aesthetics and the advantages of 3D printing technology, we made a study on the slope of the column and finally selected some moderate gradients to achieve a free and cutting-edge aesthetic effect.

Redlining in Des Moines

Model View 1

Model View 2

North Elevation

East Elevation

West Elevation

2nd

DREAM CAPSULE

SECONDARY ENTRANCE

Kindergarten is the first school for people, it’s the place where our dreams begin. As we grow up, our dream may be changed. No matter what our dream would be, at least our hearts didn’t change when we were in kindergarten. Why not save our dream of dawn in the time capsule. Dream Capsule is the best time capsule to make everyone enjoy those memories.

Based on extending vertically and horizontally to the cystic structure, the interesting space was generated by the creation of windows. Using the cuboid round corner, the whole kindergarten provides the feeling of protection for people and increase the interest of space.

After 30 years...

SISTER CITIES BLVD

South elevation

Original volume Enlarged the area of deck Rectangular rounded corned Cuboid rounded corned Created the door Created windows and skylight West elevation

TEACHER’S BEDROOM

STUDENT’S BEDROOM

DINING

THEATER

TEACHER’S OFFICE

CLASSROOM

SECURITY

Structure Design Specification

Due to the bending characteristics of shell structure itself, corresponding beams and columns need to be bent according to the shape change. The cantilever beam at the outermost part of the frame structure is bent downward, and the whole is composed of triangular supporting beams. The roof, floor, and wall are all reinforced concrete cast-in-situ. What’s more, they are poured as a whole with the whole frame, ensuring the stability of the structure and the rationality of construction.

RAINSHED

Shell Structure Generation

Structure

GLASS CURTAIN WALLS

ROOF WALL

INTERIOR FLOOR

DECK

STEEL STRUCTURE

In 2019, the government of Puerto Rico requires 100 percent of the island’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2050. Solar energy will be the main renewable resource, so it is necessary to know more about the sun

With the continuous advancement of human technology and the conquest of the environment by human beings makes the opera “ Victory over the Sun” is not just a fantasy. In a world of increasingly deteriorating environments the role of architecture has become critical. The design explores the relationship of the sun in Puerto Rican to the environment, technology, society, education, landscape and the universe through an architectural narrative.

In order to express the characteristic that the sun is hot when it is near and cold when it is far away, the design was originally composed of a square concrete and a Food Storage Container. The entire design takes the shape of a human being, in order to express the utopian ideal of mankind’s victory over the sun, gradually brighter and hotter from bottom to top as more light enters. With the addition of red and sun color, the design is even more exciting and hopeful

Stage of Sun

Glass

Concrete

Window

Shading

Sun Model

Stair perforated panel

Sun Reading Room

Cactus Room

Casting Module

We used simple square shapes and stacked them with varying sizes so that the edges of each plaster tile had a difference in height. We consider make plaster tiles with different organizations, one plaster tile can be edged with another. Different plaster tiles can be formed when the edges are different. We also considered the actual transport of plaster tiles by reversing their shapes so that they overlap.

Mold Design

Photograph: Cathedral of Saint Maryof the Assumption Site: San Francisco, CA