Finding Formation / Rizhao Dong, B Arch

Finding Formation Rizhao

Dong, B Arch

Finding Formation Rizhao Dong, B Arch

01 / Angel Island Visitor Center Exhibition of Immigration History

COURSE ARH 350 Studio 6

Site Conditions & Building Performance

PROJECT Visitor Center

INSTRUCTOR Ethen Wood

SITE Angel Island, Tiburon, CA

PROJECT STATEMENT

The project proposes a new island visitor center with exhibition hall, classrooms, library, conference rooms, multipurpose rooms and public spaces for visitor and educational purposes. The program aims to explore and showcase the experiences of early immigrants to the United States and the history of the island itself as an immigration station, and it welcomes visitors and helps people learn about the history of immigrants and immigration station through exhibitions, mini classes and reading materials.

Angel Island Visitor Center

Angel Island Visitor Center

Angel Island is well known for its history as an immigration station, and today it is open to the public as a state park, welcoming people for hiking and visiting the historic sites. This project proposes a new visitor center on the island with the concept of blending the programs together with no obvious separation in order to create a smooth transition between the spaces. The overall form is composed of three giant rectangles that are overlapping to create a blending e ect that connect each of the volumes. The leftover space in the middle of the overlapping volumes becomes a courtyard bring the outside landscape into the project and promote sustainability. Thicker walls enclose each end of these rectangles to frame the views and visually link the island with the building.

Angel Island is well known for its history as an immigration station, and today it is open to the public as a state park, welcoming people for hiking and visiting the historic sites. This project proposes a new visitor center on the island with the concept of blending the programs together with no obvious separation in order to create a smooth transition between the spaces. The overall form is composed of three giant rectangles that are overlapping to create a blending eect that connect each of the volumes. The leftover space in the middle of the overlapping volumes becomes a courtyard bring the outside landscape into the project and promote sustainability. Thicker walls enclose each end of these rectangles to frame the views and visually link the island with the building.

Blending

Blending

01 / Land art on site

02 / Land art plan 03 / Land art physical model

Section through Central Courtyard

PROJECT STATEMENT

Mapping

Gentri cation acts like a layer that covers the history of the redlining. There is a correlation when gentri cation map is seen overlayed onto the redlining map.

Redlined

01 / Gentrification acts like a layer that covers the history of the redlining.

Study Models

Overlay and transparency as a design concept is derived from the site research observation.

Physical Model 1:

Physical Model 2:

Physical Model 3:

Digital Model 1: Digital Model 2: Digital Model 3:

02 / Overlay and transparency as a design cocept is derived from the site research observation.

01 / Conceptual Site Mapping

02 / Study Models

03 / 3D Model on Site

Sectional Model

The openings allow peole look over to the other side of the building and the outdoor activity space. Visual connections are created with these sight lines.

Front

03 / 806 Washington Artists' Cooperative Homes and Studios for Artists

PROJECT STATEMENT

PROJECT Affordable Cooperative Housing

INSTRUCTOR Charles Green

SITE Oakland, CA

DESIGN TEAM Rizhao Dong Salar Admadi Matthew Mitchell

The project aims to provide affordable housing for low-income Oakland based artists. The residential building has a range of unit types to choose from studio, one bedroom, and loft as well as a corresponding home studio environment within the units to meet the different spatial needs of artists and to allow them to create in their homes. Cracks into urban fabric is the key term of this project

01 / Section Perspective, Corridors

02 / Section Perspective, Rooms

Sustainable Strategies

Heating & Cooling: - Thermal Mass - Natural Ventilation - Open-Air Courtyard

Daylighting:

Heating

Daylighting:

Flashing

Thin Brick Veneer - 1”

Thin Brick Holding Metal Deck

Vertical Metal Rail 5/8” (air space)

Vapor

Rigid Insulation - 1/2”

Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Sheathing - 1/2”

Light Gauge Steel Batt Insulation - 4”

Gypsum Board - 5/8”

Finish Concrete Flooring - 1 1/2” (radiant oor)

Concrete Slab - 12”

Thin Brick Veneer - 1”

Thin Brick Holding Metal Deck

Vertical Metal Rail - 5/8” (air space)

Vapor Rigid Insulation - 1/2”

Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Sheathing - 1/2”

Light Gauge Steel Batt Insulation - 4”

Gypsum Board - 5/8”

Flashing

Surface Break - 2”

ThinBrickVeneer-1”

ThinBrickHoldingMetalDeck

VerticalMetalRail-5/8”(airspace)VaporRigidInsulation-1/2”FiberglassMatGypsumSheathing-1/2”

LightGaugeSteelBattInsulation-4”GypsumBoard-5/8”

Assembly Model Detail Section

Scale: 3” = 1’ 0”

Assembly Model Detail Plan

Scale: 3” = 1’ 0”

04 / The Duality of Robert D. Conceptual Media Center

COURSE ARH 210 Studio 3

Site Operations & Tectonic Systems

PROJECT Conceptual Media Center

INSTRUCTOR Alexandra Neyman

SITE Oakland, CA

DESIGN TEAM Rizhao Dong Serena Shih

Julia Pehoua Tatsiana Halavach

PROJECT STATEMENT

The project is a conceptual media center that is highly interactive with users. The project allows users to use transitional prosthetics to upload information into information bubbles that can be analyzed and shared with other users. The hidden information contained in these bubbles allows users with transitional prosthetics to search, analyze and exchange. The project will take the form of a growing information bubble, with some information displayed visually. The users will be in a huge bubble of information and will be constantly exploring and exchanging new stories.

Thesis

Fields

PROJECT STATEMENT

Thesis Statement

As Oakland continued to grow, parks began to be considered as an essential public infrastructure in the early 1900s. However, not every city park has received the same level of attention and investment. Due to regional characteristics, areas with fewer parks are often close to industrial areas, freeways and areas covered by harmful gasses. This problem is particularly evident in the West Oakland area of Oakland, California.

According to the research and studies, the health conditions of the West Oakland population are influenced by the environment and the lack of exercise, resulting in higher rates of asthma, high blood pressure, COPD and heart disease. The life expectancy of the residents in West Oakland is much shorter than the residents living in other parts of Oakland.

The lack of public exercising spaces in the parks in West Oakland does not guarantee people’s daily outdoor exercise and becomes one of the factors affecting people’s physical and mental health at the same time.The design aims to provide the community with exercising spaces and facilities at the appropriate location that help local residents get more exposure to exercise, to improve physical and mental health. To reduce the project

footprint, stacking the programs will be necessary which also allows a new park to be built around the project.

1910 - First municipal playgrounds opened at deFremery Bushrod and Bayview (Raimondi). $1,000,000 bond issue for purchase of lands around Lake Merritt.

1910 - DeFremery Park is dedicated and included a dozen of swings, two long slides, a baseball diamond, two tennis courts, and courts for basketball, volleyball, and handball.

1947 - Raimondi an athletic

Raimondi Park is dedicated and contained athletic eld.

1974 - Lowell Park is dedicated.

1999 - Poplar Community Recreation Center opens a new facility (known as Willie Keyes Recreation Center today).

Health Data of West Oakland

Due to the impact of the surrounding environment, pollution from freeways, the Port and industrial areas, West Oakland residents are suffering from serious health problems and are at risk of exposure to breathing and heart and lung threatening diseases.

HEALTH DATA OF WEST OAKLAND

Asthma

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Current asthma crude prevalence (%) - 9.85 - < 8.7

COPD crude prevalence (%) - 8.15 - < 5.7

- > 11

- > 41

High blood pressure crude prevalence (%) - 34.7 - < 28.3 - > 10.6

High Blood Pressure Heart Disease

- > 11

Coronary heart disease crude prevalence (%) - 9.85 - < 8.7

Source: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/22c7182a162d45788dd52a2362f8ed65

Benefits of Exercising

Exercise can help improve physical fitness in several ways, improving blood circulation and helping the body make better use of oxygen to boost immunity and improve disease symptoms. Moreover, regular exercise can also improve mental health, helping relieve stress and give up addictions.

WHAT

PHYSICAL

WELL-BEING

Source: https://medlineplus.gov/bene tsofexercise.html

https://joinyourgym.com/home-gym-setup/15-amazing-bene ts-of-exercise-illustrated/

MENTAL

Age Group and Sport Demographics

Through data research and collection, the popularity of different sports varies across age groups. However, pickleball has become very popular recently and is great for people of all ages to participate.

Age Group & Sport Demographics

BASEBALL AREA 31,400 sqft

17%

BICYCLING 7%

FAVORITE SPORTS

AGE GROUP

PICKLEBALL AREA 1,800 sqft

77%

32%

BASKETBALL AREA 4,700 sqft

FOOTBALL AREA 57,600 sqft

44%

25%

SOCCER AREA 43,660 sqft (min.)

Source: https://www.dimensions.com/classi cations/sports https://www.pickleballportal.com/guides/pickleball-questions-answers/

https://www.aspenprojectplay.org/youth-sports/facts/participation-rates https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098462/favorite-sport-age/

Observation of Exisiting Parks

Site Hoover/Foster, West Oakland

West Oakland, Oakland, CA

SITE

Coverage: approx. 400 household (1200-1600 people)

Site

Parti Diagram

Circulation Diagram

Inspired by how people go uphill and combined with the idea of stacking programs, the building’s circulation will simulate the uphill zigzag path

Sun Light and Shade Study

Summer Solstice

Winter Solstice

8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

Sustainable Strategy: Rain Water Collection

Collecting rain water

Using stored water for watering the park

Storing rain water for draining toilets

South North West East

Acknowledgements

B Arch Faculty Graphic Design Faculty Family

Jennifer Asselstine, Karen Seong, Carol Buhrmann, Eva Chiu, Doron Serban, Braden Engel, Alexandra Neyman, Francesca Oliveira, Philip Ra, Ethen Wood, Simon McKenzie, Zachary Meade, Charles Green, Stephen Ellis, Julia Grinkrug, Carl Wilford, James Kraus. Thank you for all the guidance and support, believing in me all the time.

Mom, Dad, and my family. Thank you for the endless support, encouragement and trust in me.

Mary Scott, Thank you for all your advice and support through the process of building my portfolio.

Friends

Qian Li, Weixuan Feng, Boyang Ran

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