SHANGYU SU
Architectural Portfolio
2019-2022
s.shangyu@wustl.edu
2022 fall semester
Individual work
Instructor Annette Helle
Location Oslo, Norway
05
2020
Individual work
Instructor Finn Huang
Location Shanghai, China
08
2021 fall semester
Individual work
Monica Rivera
Location St.Louis, MO, US
09
2017
Team work with Xiaoyue Shi, Zhichao Lin
Instructor Weidong Li
Location Changsha, Hunan, China
2022 spring semester
Individual work
Instructor Derek Hoeferlin
Location Colombia
10
Atelier Archmixing, 02.2021-06.2021
Architectural Intern
Shanghai, China
PT Design, 10.2019-01.2020
Architectural Intern
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
2022 fall semester
Team work
Instructor Chandler Ahrens
Location New York, US
Physical Modeling
Handicraft
Graphic Design
419 STUDIO PROJECT
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01 611 STUDIO PROJECT 03 511 STUDIO PROJECT
ADVANCE BUILDING SYSTEM
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COMPETITION PROJECT
CONSTRUCTION
INTERNSHIP
OTHER WORKS
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COMPLEX IN OSLO
This project is located in an interesting where is full of art. The main proposal is to pursue the dialogue with the context by creating two different spatial characters. Most of the building is a dormitory which includes compact but functional units and various common spaces. Meanwhile, the building is also pursuing a more flexible commercial space on the ground floor that can cooperate with the urban space. In this design, I use a physical model to experiment and explore the scale relationship between public space and private living space in a mix-used building. I try to create as large and rich common space as possible in this design. This is also my vision of future human settlements, especially collective life.
Studio 611 Project 2022 fall semester
Individual work
Instructor Annette Helle
Location Oslo, Norway
Complex in Oslo 01
Site Model
This site is beside a famous river which through the whole Oslo town, and located on an artist community. The site is surrounded by many gallery, art mart, restaurants and Cafe.
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Site photography
Art center located on the northeast of the site
Art mart near the site
02
in Oslo
Complex
Diagram of programming Different scale of programs
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Development of mass
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03 Complex in Oslo
Collage, looking form the west-north corner | Physical Model, part of the common space Rendering of the corridor, Shared space
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Unit type A Single-bed units
04 Complex in Oslo
Unit type B Double-bed units
Enlarge plan / part of the typical plan
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Section a-a / cutting through the core and common spaces
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Physical Model, part of the common space Intense contrast between common space and student dorms
05 Complex in Oslo
Section b-b, cutting through the central courtyard
Facade design
In order to enhance the dialogue between the building and the surrounding historical buildings, similar colors and geometric elements were used. The clean and simple grid of the building facade is used to echo the regular geometry of the historic building, and the red curtains are used to echo the color of the bricks.
East elevation rendering
North elevation rendering Shangyu Su
06 Complex in Oslo
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This threshold image shows the view from the master bedroom of the unit looking out to the balcony on the south side.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSING
In St. Louis, almost every apartment has a fire stair behind it. These stairs come in a variety of forms, mostly steel. These small spaces are not completely abandoned on weekdays. Some of them have become outdoor storage spaces, some have become barbecue platforms, and some have become another kind of balcony. In short, they have become a special common space in daily life. So in my conception, I hope to further expand these spaces and make it a special place for neighbors to communicate. This design is an exploration of the transformation of the classical apartment plan in St.Louis. By reshaping the back staircases to form a new communal space of the apartment., The entry form to each unit creates a new circulation that is different from the classical one and provides more possibilities for how the room can be used. The design of the unit plan aims to fully use the environmental resources, the view of the park on the south-eastern, and the sunlight. The brick facade and rotated volumes represent a dialogue with the context and the history of the neighborhood.
Studio 419 Project
2021 fall semester
Individual work
Instructor Monica Rivera
Location St.Louis, MO, US
07 International Housing
Context image / stand at the east-southern park looking at the site
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International Housing 08
Ground floor plan
Rendering of south elevation
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The design of the building’s facade is derived from the most classic red brick apartments in St. Louis. The style of these apartments comes from France, which is the architectural style inherited from the French occupation area. The project is also located in the former French neighborhood, so red brick is the main material to echo and inherit the local history and culture. The balcony part is made of steel, and combined with the design of shutters, the facade and transparency ensure privacy.
Paper model used for facade design
International Housing 09
Site Model / the site is on the corner of the street, on the west-north of the park
The clue of this deign is strongly relate to the view of this park
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International Housing 10
Typical floor plan / three different Shangyu Su
different types of units International Housing 11
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Unit Plan / Scenario of the units show different life style for different groups of residents
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International Housing 12
Collage / a. perspective looking at ground-floor corridor, b. perspective from unit entry
Studio 419 Project Orientation
Threshold image for Barcelona
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I selects five divorced parents and five of their own children as the imagined inhabitants. As divorce rates climb up in recent years, it is undoubted that this mode of living has become more common, especially in developed countries. A great number of children are deprived of necessary companionship. The single-parents, on the other hand, face the increasingly huge pressure of raising their children on their own. Drawn from this context, the design focuses on companionship, autonomy, and communication, and proposes an architecture with two separate spaces neighboring each other, yet each follows a distinct axial direction.
Studio 419 Project Orientation
Threshold image for St.Louis
International Housing 13
SITE PLAN 1”=16’ Shangyu Su
LIVING ON THE HILL
This project is a house located in Columbia at a high altitude and the terrain is steep and complex. Therefore this design is focused on creating a more effective passive house to adapt to the weather conditions by using adobe walls and other local materials. Considering the environmental conditions, this house is facing in a specific direction and the roofs are in a specific form to gain maximum sunlight. Moreover, this design not only processes the building but also applies many methods to process the topography and consider the water management.
In this project, the use of materials and structures remained constant themes. By combining local actual conditions and methods to solve environmental problems, the entire building is designed with a structural system dominated by rammed earth, wood, and stone.
Studio 511 Project
2022 spring semester
Individual work
Instructor Derek Hoeferlin
Location Colombia
Living on the Hill 14
Collage form the photography
Looking at the courtyard from eastern site
Rendering, the sun light coming through the polycarbonate roof
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1”=4’ dn. dn. Second Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan up. up. dn. GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1”=4’ Living on the Hill 15
This section shows the strategy to solve the intense change of the topography, and different materials used for different stories.
Section of the eastern building
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CORRUGATED STEEL PLATE
WOOD RAFTER
CLT PANEL
POLYCARBONATE PLATE
WOOD RAFTER
POLYCARBONATE PLATE
RAMMED EARTH WALL
WOOD PANEL
WATER PROOFING
GRAVEL CUSHION
STONE RETAINING WALL
Living on the Hill 16
Context image, collage from photography by professor Derek Foggy day looking down to the site
Rammed Earth
c. Keep away
b. Rammed-earth
a. Rammed
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Earth Strategy
Rammed absorb heating during day-time
Rammed-earth wall warm the interior at night
away from water flow and humidity
metal deck
insolation
wood panel
white
purlins
rafter
concrete sand/gravel
compacted soil
stone fundation
4 x 12 wood beam
4 x 10 wood beam
plaster, adobe wall
stone fundation
wood panel
glass
Living on the Hill 17
Rendering and collage from the photography / original house photography
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Living on the Hill 18
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FLOATING NATURE LIBRARY
This library is located on Manhattan Island, New York, and its design focuses on the organic combination of structure and space. The main idea is to use a wooden structure system to support the frame structure on the top with huge bracing, forming a wooden box floating in the air. The lower floors use a large area of glass curtain walls to form an open and transparent space, creating a dialogue with the urban environment.
ABS course Project 2022 fall semester
Team work
Instructor Chandler Ahrens
Location New York, US
Responsible for Main Structure Design, Floor Plan design, Interior Design
Floating Nature Library 19
PVC WATER PROOFING SHEET
PARAPET WALL
WOOD SHADING SYSTEM
GRADIENT GRITTED GLASS
DOUBLE LOW-E GLASS, AIR
I-SHAPE STEEL BEAM CEILING, DUCT WORK SYSTEM
INNER SUN SHADING SYSTEM
CONCRETE FLOOR FINISHING
STEEL MULLION
CLT TRUSS
Perspective Section
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Perspective section / cutting through the
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SKYLIGHT CONCRETE CORE TUB
Floating Nature Library 20
the patio, skylight, core and courtyard
Second floor plan
Forth floor plan
Rcp forth floor
Duck work first floor Shangyu
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C-SHAPED STEEL BEAM
STEEL BEAM
ALUMINUM PANEL
ALUMINUM CAP
PVC WATERPROOFING SHEET
INSULATION PANEL
STEEL PLATE
WOOD PRIMARY BEAM
VENTILATION DUCT
ALUMINUM MULIION
WOOD FIN
STAINLESS STEEL CABLE
GRADIANT FRITTED GLASS
DOUBLE LOW-E GLASS + AIR
STAINLESS STEEL MESH
WOOD FLOOR FINISHING
CONCRETE
STEEL PLATE
STEEL HANGING
SOUND ATTENUATION BLANKET
RESILIENT CHANNEL
GYPSUM BOARD
Floating Nature Library 21
Wall Section drawing
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EVOLUTION OF SHOPPING MALL IN 2050
This story is about the rebirth of shopping center. Since the 19th century, shopping malls have been constantly changing and developing and became an indispensable place for people's life. However, in the 21st century, not only that Online shopping has greatly impacted the retail, but also the experiential consumption and entertainment function will be replace by Virtual Reality equipments. Shopping mall seem to be facing decline
Historical Building Renovation Competition project
2020
Individual work Instructor Finn Huang
Location Shanghai, China
Evolution Of Shopping Mall In 2050 22
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APP MARKET URBAN FARM FOOD GALLERY HOME Original Building Renovated Building Original Building Renovated Building Original Building Original Building Renovated Building Renovated Building Before Street Exhibition After Evolution Of Shopping Mall In 2050 23
URBAN FARM
INGREDIENTS MARKET
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FACTORY&TRANSPORT FOODGALLERY
Evolution Of Shopping Mall In 2050 24
HEMP ROPE
POLE
TILES Shangyu Su
BAMBOO SHEETS BAMBOO
BAMBOO
BAMBOO PAVILION
The pavilion is located in the university campus. It is a study of bamboo materials and traditional hemp rope joints. And also the research of the tectonic with bamboo.
All the work is done by the students themselves. It took us a month to complete the design and construction of the pavilion. Including the selection of bamboo for construction, the feasibility test of building nodes, and the actual construction.
Summer Workshop
2017
Team work with Xiaoyue Shi, Zhichao Lin
Instructor Weidong Li
Location Changsha, Hunan, China
Bamboo Pavilion 25
In this design, we destruct the form of Chinese traditional pavilion and redefined the spatial relationship. We also adjust the scale of the pavilion be closer to human scale, aim to encourage people to have various activities with it.
TOOLS 1 2 3 4 5 concrete concrete bamboo 1 2 3 bamboo 1 2 REFERENCE
R=80mm
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R=50mm Shangyu
3000mm 10° 3000mm 1000mm 1000mm 1000mm 450mm R=80mm R=50mm R=90mm
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Bamboo Pavilion
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Construction Details
Rain Rain Secondary keel, Bamboo, r= 20
Keel, bamboo, r= 60
Column, bamboo, r=80
Column base, concrete
Bamboo nail
Bamboo nail
Column base
Drainwater Drainwater
Rainwater would flows along the tiles into the gutter and then falls along the gutter toward the atrium.
In order to ensure the stability of the column, we inserted bamboo nails are into the column base to anchor the bamboo and concrete together.
Floor, bamboo sheets
Secondary keel, Bamboo, r= 20
Keel, bamboo, r= 60
Secondary keel
Main keel
The bamboo poles with a radius of 20 mm and the bamboo poles with a radius of 60 mm form a skeleton, which is used to bear the load of the paving.
Floor
Gutter
Column & Base
Floor & Plinth Beam
Pavilion 27
Bamboo
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Atelier Archimixing 2021.2-6
Internship
Respond for Modeling, Drawing, Rendering, Pre-design research, Historical research, Project design phase assistant, Interior Design
INTERNSHIP WORKS
Shanghai Bile Junior Educational Building Location: Shanghai, Team work, responds
Junior High School
Building Design, Historical Building Renovation
Shanghai, China
responds for facade design, rendering, material exploration, tectonic design
Atelier Archmixing 28
Suzhou Qingmoss Industrial Design Village
Architectural design
Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Team work, responds for CAD drawing and modeling
Shanghai West Coast Office Design
Interior design
Location: Shanghai, China
Individual work
Shangyu Su
INTERNSHIP WORKS
Shanghai Xuhui District YUCHU senior apartment
Interior design
Location: Shanghai, China
Team work, responds for interior design, rendering
Atelier Archmixing 29
PT Design, The Third Design Department 2019.10-2020.01
Internship
Respond for Modeling, Drawing, Rendering, Pre-design research, Project design phase assistant, Modeling
Lake Commercial Residential Design Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, Team work, responds for documentation,
INTERNSHIP WORKS
Songshan
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Commercial Housing
Guangdong, China
documentation, CAD drawing, diagram drawing
Zhongjiao Commercial Housing
Residential Design
Location: Qinzhou, Guangxi, China
Team work, responds for 3D modeling, CAD drawing
PT Design 30
Model Observation Tower 2021 Handicrafts Design Thinking Cubes & Materials 2022 OTHER WORKS
Shangyu Su
Graphic Design
Art Design Work
Famous Movie Graphic Design
2020-2021
Modeling & Graphic Design 31
