Rain's Architectural Portfolio by Rain Lee

PO R T F O L IO ARCHITECTURE

Selected Works

CHENG HAN LEE Architectural Designer Therainarchitect@gmail.com

Low Key Luxury Professional Work, Apartment Design, Individual

Memorial Library Professional Work, Library Design, Team

Architecture as a part of natural environment Academic Work, Public Housing, TeamWork

Floating Island Academic Work, Barge Design, Individual

Interdigitated Environment Academic Work, Waste to Energy & Recycling Center, TeamWork

Professional Work

Low Key Luxury Apartment

Apartment Interior Design, Individual Year: Spring 2018 Total Floor Area: 500 m² Software: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vray, Photoshop This was a residential project located in Tainan, Taiwan. The client wanted the design to showcase the piano, which holds great sentimental value. The client’s daughter is a piano teacher, hoping there is a place for performance to her family and friends. Therefore, I designed a concert hall theme throughout the space and carried it into the stairwell. I tried to use simple colors to emphasize and present the main subject in the area and keep some original architectural materials in order to balance between human-made and natural. Besides, the apartment is the retirement home of the clients. They spend as much time together as a family as they can, and so the house also features a beautiful family room, a home cinema, and a tea room.

CONCEPT

PLAN

A. Lobby B. Living Room C. Dining Room D. Kitchen E. Multipurpose Room F. Piano Area G. Family Room H. Master Bedroom I. Bedroom J. Balcony

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D Human-driven Design Philosophy. With this project, I wanted to articulate the importance of human connections and sentimental value. This design is centered around the same piano the owner’s daughter learned and teaches on. The minimalist approach to decorating really complements the piano as a centerpiece and brings the room together. The spacious place and balconies provide them a place to plant, helping to raise the air quality of the area. Also, the family can have tea and play chess in the multipurpose room.

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LIVING ROOM

Upon entry to the interior, the piano, the focal piece of the space, provides a beautiful balance with the color tones and textures throughout the room. The ceiling is sheeted metallic-looking titanium-plated panels that are quite unique and emphasize the space as a performance stage with high quality. In addition, the background covered with white leather, which not only helps sound absorption but also highlights the precious piano. I also designed cabinets to hide all wire of player and amplifier, making the space as simple as possible. (mm)

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

I used a simplified design approach in the multipurpose room, keeping original architectural concrete as a wall and using steel as a table base. Several years ago, the family lived in Japan for a while, and they enjoy having tea; therefore, I designed the area to provide them the same atmosphere in Japan.

FEATURED PHOTOS

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HEAT

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緊急

花台

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升降機

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走廊

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升降機

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Taiwan,Tainan

冷氣總控制面板 (H:120cm)

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廚房

Cheng Han Lee

CONCEPT BY

Cheng Han Lee

(H:120cm)

APPROVED BY

Cheng Han Lee

Plan DATE

廚房

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起居室

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(H:120cm) 冷氣面板 (H:45cm) (H:120cm)

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花台 (H:125cm)

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花台

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1:100cm A3

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陽台排煙室陽台 DATE REVISION A: B:

花台

更衣室

緊急 E:

升降機

臥室B

主臥室

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走廊

起居室

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花台

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梯廳

PROJECT NAME

浴馬桶蓋退掉

DB1 Taiwan,Tainan

PROJECT NO. (H:120cm)

工作陽台

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DRAWING BY

Cheng Han Lee

CONCEPT BY

Cheng Han Lee

APPROVED BY

Cheng Han Lee

DRAWING TITLE

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Professional Work

Memorial Library

Library Design, Team Year: Autumn 2016 Total Floor Area: 2350 m² Role: Conceptual Design, 3D Model and Renderings, Drawings Software: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vray, Photoshop, Illustrator These days people are living under a lot of pressure to succeed. In a bid to improve residential quality of life, the government decided to fund a new library in the central park of Kaohsiung. The project was built as a place where people could relax, learn, and socialize. The library was made possible by the donations of Lee Ko-Yung. Mr. Lee, a Taiwan businessman, dedicated the building in hopes to provide citizens more opportunities to obtain knowledge and a place to relax. Therefore, our team in order to achieve his wish, we decided to design for the building in spite of the construction site with a lot of difficulties. What should the future people and city need? It is a matter of contemplation.

PLAN 05 09 03

First Level

Basement Level

03 01

Entrance

02 Service Counter 03 Reading Area

04 Bookshelves

05 Office

06 Restroom 07 Sofa Area

08 Multipurpose Room 09 Relaxing Area

Second Level

Third Level

12 (m)

SECTION

ENERGY CONSERVATION

We kept most of the original trees, shrubs, and potting plants. With the abundance of vegetation, we formed multiple layers of displayed plants. In order to lower Co2, we have also used the top floor as a garden. This serves to block out the intense sunlight and cool the building. Besides, I also designed deep eaves for blocking direct sunlight to prevent the interior temperature from getting too high.

Tree

Shrub

The patios on the four sides bring more interaction between the upper and lower floors, which can lead the vision to pass through in a slanting manner. The patios can reflect the outdoor sunlight into the room, thus lighting, cooling, and improving the air.

Grass

Sky Garden

Entrance Plaza

Deep Eaves

B1F Skylight

Air

Sunlight

COMPLETION PHOTOS

Floating Island

Professor: Mary Mattingly & Bram Gunther, Individual Location: Governors Island, Yankee Pier NY Year: Spring 2023 Software: Rhino, Maya, Unreal Engine, Photoshop “SWALE is an essential concept for my project, which involves designing a fleet of barges that will expand the community impact and geographical reach of Governor’s Island, while also promoting its climate and advocacy goals across all five boroughs of New York City. The idea of a “Floating Island” mainly represents a natural environment that can survive without any human support or influence. By creating an ecological system that can sustain itself, the floating island can continue to support life, provide food sources for creatures, and adapt to climate change and rising sea levels without any human intervention.”

Design Concept Schwarz P surface

Step 1

Step 4

Step 2

Step 5 - Array 3x3x3

Step 3

Governors Island

Step 6 - Scale in x,y,z axis

Yankee Pier

Step X - iteration of the scale and cutting the edge to form the final volume.

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1. Ramp in/out 2. Entrance 3. Bee Habitat 4. Deep Soil for Tree 5. River 6. Stair B1F

Deck Level

Entrance

Aquaponic

7. Stair 2F 8. Wave Energy Convert 9. Aquaponic 10. Human Activity 11. Oyster Culture 12. External Path

Plant Area

Aquaponic Farming Outside Path

Oyster Culture

Marine Creature Habitat

Rainwater Collection

Hydroponic Farming

Loop River

Deep Soil 2’

Staff Stair

Mechanical Room

PHYSICAL MODEL

Architecture as a part of natural environment

Professor: Sulan Kolatan, Team Location: Farragut Houses, Brooklyn, NY Year: Fall 2021 Role: Conceptual Design, 3D Model and Renderings, Drawings Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Vray, Photoshop, Illustrator Natural architecture should be buildings that are natural welcoming and could be habitats not only for humans but also other sorts of creatures. The shape, function, and materials of buildings all intimate creatures to come and they even disconnect each member in communities. To solve this series of problems, a new proposal is created, which keeps the shape and materials from nature and also solves many possible community problems. The assigned site locates at Farragut House, New York, Brooklyn. A high-rise residential apartment is supposed to be built at the corner of Nassau Street and Navy Street. Since the project starts to develop in 1949, numerous facilities cannot fit the requirements of the community and many extra functional places should be built.

ORIGINAL MASSING EXPLORATION

ITERATIONS

In this project, we start with finding special components from Carnegie Mansion Building and then try to write grasshopper scripts to form an interesting formation. We use the gate and the small column decoration as our references model.

Apartment Creatures Habitat Carnegie Masion

Eventually, we form the upside-down building shape. We love this iteration because our main concept is creating architecture as a part of the natural environment. Architecture as a part of the natural environment is not just about materiality but also the shape itself.

SOUTH

EAST

NORTH

WEST

Sport Club School Cooking Reading Singing

Farragut House

Typical Plan

Musical Concert In this project, we provide a plaza for those who want to have performing space including the music program students and public

Music Class Room residential combined public program, which is musical programs in our project because Community Roots Middle School doesn’t provide this program.

Sky Garden

Window View Falcon Habitat

Double High Apartment

Visitor to Skygarden

Music classroom

Students to Class

Falcon Habitat

Resident to Apt

Main Plaza

Circulation

Uses

The topic of the project is “Architecture as a part of the natural environment”, so we design for all the creatures. Not only people but also nature. Therefore, even non-residents are able to enjoy the sky garden by using specialized elevators, and the students can access the classroom easily. Also, the residents have their own elevators to the apartments.

We design classrooms on the basement level; therefore, the students can practice music easily and the residents don’t be bothered by them. There is the main plaza in the mid of the building which is for performing. The light blue is non-human activities area which is for falcons.

Green Area

Private Space

In this project, we want the whole building to be covered by vegetation, so there is a park on the ground and basement level. Additionally, we design habitats for falcons on the upper part of the building, so there is a sky garden and facade plant area.

This area is a typical apartment for users with double high ceiling.

FACADE DETAIL

B-1

6 ROCK PANEL

Detail Section: Sliding Door 1 - 1/2"=1'-0"

Roof

13th BEAM

WOODPLATE

INSULATION

Ceiling NEW GWB SOFFIT

METAL SCREEN

WINDOW FRAME IGU

Detail Section: Metal Screen 1 - 1/2"=1'-0"

12th UHPC

ROCK PANEL

PANEL FRAME

2 A

Section 1/2"=1'-0"

Detail Section: Parapet 1 - 1/2"=1'-0"

Interdigitated Environment

Professor: Alex Barker, Team Location: Queenborobridge, Brooklyn, NY Year: Fall 2022 Role: Conceptual Design, 3D Model and Renderings, Drawings Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Vray, Photoshop, Illustrator Our studio has focused on applying the industrial scale to the individual by integrating makerspaces with a waste-to-energy and recycling facility. The makerspaces will support creators and designers in the community with training, tools, and equipment to develop their professional interests. Adjacent to the site is Queensbridge Park, which offers an opportunity to develop infrastructure to connect the public with the river. A ferry terminal and outdoor public galleries are also integrated into the complex. Finally, the north edge of the lot is adjacent to the Queensboro Bridge, making the roof design as a fifth facade an additional consideration for our site. Our project, Interdigitated Environment, seeks to integrate and intertwine the various programmatic elements of the project including interior and exterior, public and private, building, park and water. 37

WASTE TO ENERGY COLLECTING

MAKING

SUSTAINABILITY

SOLUTION

ART MAKERSPACE

Hands are essential for collecting and making. Due to the required programs in the project, we decided to make gestures of hands as a concept to design the form. By posing different forms, we get several reference lines, and we trace them to get the final form.

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1 Gallery 2 Outdoor Gallery 3 Ceramics Makerspace (above) 4 Textiles Makerspace 5 Print Makerspace (above) 6 Wood Makerspace 7 Metal Makerspace (above) 8 Offices

9 Recycling Center 10 Recycling Center Cont. 11 Baling and Pickup

12 T 13 W 14 In 15 F 16 T 17 A

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21 In

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Tipping Hall Waste Pit ncinerator & Boiler Filtration Turbines Ash Collection

Chiller Boilers Mechanical Rooms

ntertidal Park

The ceramic studio is above the turbines and heat exchanger as a heat source for the kiln.

The recycling path is especially integrated with the studio programs, and a series of conveyor belts wrap through each of the volumes, and deposit different categories of recycling as it is sorted.

A connection to the river is essential for both the industrial and public programs of the project. Recycling and WTE products are collected by barge, and a ferry terminal provides transit along the river.

Visitors approaching from the north or east can also access the skygarden path along the roof of the volumes, which provides uninterrupted access from the street to the river and views of Manhattan to the west.

INTERIOR PATH

BARGE

BIKE LANE

FERRY

WASTE TO ENERGY RECYCLING CENTER

STUDIOS

SKYGARDEN EXISTING PARK

INTERTIDAL PARK

STEEL STRUCTURE SHEAR WALL

FACADE DETAIL

Welded Steel Flange Corten Steel Panel with interior tube structure Metal rainscreen cladding panel Mounting Tracks Mounting Bracket Steel Structure with Spray on Fireproofing

Rigid Insulation Exterior Sheathing

2 A-100

Continuous Air and Vapor Barrier Light Gauge Steel Framing Light Gauge Steel Kicker

Light Gauge Steel Header Aluminum Frame Window Wall

A-100

DETAIL 1-1/2"=1'-0"

Corten Steel Panel with interior tube structure Metal rainscreen cladding panel Panel Joint Mounting Tracks Mounting Bracket

Rigid Insulation Exterior Sheathing Continuous Air and Vapor Barrier Light Gauge Steel Framing Steel Structure with Spray on Fireproofing 3 A-100

Precast concrete panel with interior insulation Precast concrete anchor

A-100

WALL SECTION 1/2"=1'-0"

A-100

DETAIL 1-1/2"=1'-0"

PHYSICAL MODEL

Architectural Designer Therainarchitect@gmail.com