Building System Integration- Cecil Way Lab
Community Thinking- Library
Pg.2-7
Pg.8-13
Pg.14-17 Environment- Stack Ecology
Pg.18-21
Pg.22-25
Pg.26 Competition Project
Urban Planning- Reimagine a City
Pg.27 ACADIA Publication
AI Integration- Reimagine Capsule Tower
Laboratory facilities are typified as being rational, modular buildings which act as extensions of the activities and instruments they contain. Large consumers of energy to support research and ensure the safety of their human occupants, the building is designed witth thoughtful arrangement of space and systems.
Collaboration with: Jai Bhatnagar, Dickson Yau
The Lab offers fantastic views for the researchers while accomplishing science on display, welcoming the curiouity of a passer-by and creating palpable excitment circulating the building. and
The project is positioned to benefit the neighborhood, serving as a catalyst for urban interaction and revitalization in the local area. Its primary objective is to enhance the community by reclaiming a vibrant and functional public street space for the residents. The project functions as a dynamic creative workspace, fostering interaction among diverse groups of people.
Situated within a densely populated mixed commercial and residential urban context, the library fosters urban and social interaction. Additionally, it serves as a mediator, bridging the gap between the dynamic urban environment and the serene cemetery.
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The North end is a dynamic playground to spark movements and the south side is static, offering peace and rest. Together, the two outdoor spaces facilitate foot traffic through the building. It allows conversations to carry on by providing a sheltered space as well as intriguing elements to explore. At the same time, it welcomes actions to happen, making people themselves part of the view of the architecture.
This project is founded on the premise that architecture is a part of a larger planetary ecology and access to housing is a human right. Focused on architecture's response to the local environment, this project investigates conditions of aging infrastructure as a substrate for new forms of human and non-human habitation.
Considering projections of rising waters and extreme weather events, the site is located within a landscape ecology of perpetual flooding, along the north-eastern part of Pittsburgh's Allegheny River waterfront.
"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think"
Gregory Bateson
With the ShellHouse, each housing unit's is driven by the ecomachines water collection and bioswale, feeding it and supplying the area with a new diverse ecosystem for organisms of all kinds. With the help of stormwater runoff nourishing the wetland, a renewable and sustainable environment is preserved.
The housing aggregation follows a literal interpretation of what a new architectural addition is; the tearing-apart of a pre-exisiting landscape to make way for an area with a new purpose. Like how fabric tears at seams, the housing units follow guides that split apart, which is further reinforced through the shape of the bioswale. The wetland islands draws path for water flow towards the river following the shape of the threads.
In the time periods when pittsburgh does not rain, the bioswale has the opportunity to gradually drain and provide another interactive experience where the wetland is dry. By slightly separating the housing units from being completely level with the wetland, occupants are encouraged to explore the landscape and the many seasonal experiences it can offer.
Project metropolis builds upon an industrial complex through an imposition of a vertically layered city. This city seeks to minimize its occupied footprint to free up landscape for environmental rejuvenation and ecological healing from past industrial impacts. The occupiable levels are zoned to separate human activities from the lower-city through a hyperobject layer, mitigating hazards resulting from the intersection of human movement, industry, and infrastructure.
Collaborators: Owen Zhang, Robert Yang
The upper city is configured for human inhabitation and leisure. Urban nucleuses are formed through overlays of concentric urban zones that connect with the orthogonal format beneath which guides the development of function below. This vertical design juxtaposes and reconfigures systems that conventionally collide or are segregated horizontally.
This hyperobject layer sets a new post-human condition that encompasses an autonomous industrial complex arranged in a gridded system. This reorganization of industry and infrastructure sets to increase density, and mediate activities in the upper city's with existing ground infrastructure through a spine-and-branch system. This mechanization allows for a new ground plane above to coexist and separate spaces for human interaction apart from industrial complexities and densification.
As technological advancements make manufacturing and infrastructure fully automated, the robotically enabled lower-city is in service for upper-city function. Operating through urban nucleuses, connections are created through the lower city that interacts with vertical circulation points. Industrial, rapid transportation, movement of goods, and utility systems such as energy, water, and ventilation works in parallel within the grid in new modes of networking of land and coastal forces.
Image+Prompt
Word Prompt + “Tile”
This project utilizes AI tools to reimagine Capsule Tower. This process involves employing artificial intelligence to generate new iterations from hand sketches.
AI is also employed in the generation of massing studies and facade massing.
Subsequently, it utilizes AI to create facade textures by combining textual prompts with images to achieve precise materiality.
The Pavilion is located adjacent to the College of Fine Arts of Carnegie Mellon University; a structure and canopy covering an area of approximately 1,000 square feet marks the location of the School of Architecture's makerspace and storage units.
The structure is held up by an orthogonal glulam structure that is perpetually open for pedestrian traffic, and in the winter months, translucent polycarbonate is slid down to create an insulated work environment. The Epic Metal ceiling decking is hung by a tensile steel structure and further supported by glulam beams underneath. The storage unit is held up by a wooden substructure mounted on sliders on said beams for ease of movement around the workshop.
Above the pathway between the workspace and CFA, steel bolts and plates hold up a parametric 3D-printed roof system to protect moving pieces and models and for ease-of-access to the School of Architecture woodshop.
Collaboration with:
Jai Bhatnagar
https://issuu.com/shenyuanli/docs/li_2023_portfolio_high_quality
May2023-August2023
May2023-August2023
2533 Wharton Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203 949-887-7397
shenyuanli0316@gmail.com
AssistedMainArchitectinDrawingSets:Providedvaluablesupporttothemainarchitectbyassistinginthe preparationofpermitsets.Coordinatedwithengineersandbuildingenvelopespecialiststodevelopdetailed drawings,andcollaboratedcloselywiththearchitecturalteamtorectifyerrorsandimprovedrawingsets.Workedon schematicdesign,designdevelopment,andconstructiondocuments.
AssistedMainArchitectinDrawingSets:Providedvaluablesupporttothemainarchitectbyassistinginthe preparationofpermitsets.Coordinatedwithengineersandbuildingenvelopespecialiststodevelopdetailed drawings,andcollaboratedcloselywiththearchitecturalteamtorectifyerrorsandimprovedrawingsets.Workedon schematicdesign,designdevelopment,andconstructiondocuments.
ScienceFacilityPlanning:Developedandoptimizedlaboratorylayouts,consideringfactorssuchasworkflow, equipment placement,safety,andaccessibility.Createdfunctionalandefficient floorplans.Workedwithinalimited budgettoproposeadesignthatoptimizedthearchitecturalconditions,activelytryingtobenefitthecommunity.
ScienceFacilityPlanning:Developedandoptimizedlaboratorylayouts,consideringfactorssuchasworkflow, equipment placement,safety,andaccessibility.Createdfunctionalandefficient floorplans.Workedwithinalimited budgettoproposeadesignthatoptimizedthearchitecturalconditions,activelytryingtobenefitthecommunity.
InteriorDesign:Selectedandsubmittedevaluationforappropriatematerials, fixtures,andequipmentforprojects, takingintoaccountdurability,sustainability,andthespecificneedsofresearchorexperimentation.
InteriorDesign:Selectedandsubmittedevaluationforappropriatematerials, fixtures,andequipmentforprojects, takingintoaccountdurability,sustainability,andthespecificneedsofresearchorexperimentation.
Collaboration:Workedcloselywiththeteamandstakeholderstounderstandtheirrequirementsandtranslated themintodesignsolutions.Developeddesignofproposalsforsignificantprojectswithintheorganization.
Collaboration:Workedcloselywiththeteamandstakeholderstounderstandtheirrequirementsandtranslated themintodesignsolutions.Developeddesignofproposalsforsignificantprojectswithintheorganization.
June2022-August2022
June2022-August2022
ComputationalModelingandMaterialResearch:Collaboratedwiththeteaminconductingextensive computationalmodelingandresearchonmaterials.Thisinvolvedexploringinnovative3Dprintingtechniquesand theirapplicationindesigningfurniturescalemodels.
ComputationalModelingandMaterialResearch:Collaboratedwiththeteaminconductingextensive computationalmodelingandresearchonmaterials.Thisinvolvedexploringinnovative3Dprintingtechniquesand theirapplicationindesigningfurniturescalemodels.
PhysicalPrototyping:Playedapivotalroleinthephysicalprototypingprocess,translatingdigitaldesignsinto real-worldprototypes.Involvedinmaterialselection,testing,andtheexecutionofintricatedesignconcepts.
PhysicalPrototyping:Playedapivotalroleinthephysicalprototypingprocess,translatingdigitaldesignsinto real-worldprototypes.Involvedinmaterialselection,testing,andtheexecutionofintricatedesignconcepts.
ACADIAPublication:Participatedinthepreparation andpublicationofresearch findingsanddesigninsights, contributingtotheacademicandprofessionaldiscourseinthe fieldofarchitectureanddesign.
ACADIAPublication:Participatedinthepreparation andpublicationofresearch findingsanddesigninsights, contributingtotheacademicandprofessionaldiscourseinthe fieldofarchitectureanddesign.
NewModelDevelopment:Activelycontributedtotheongoingdevelopmentofinnovativedesignmodels,helping toshapethedirectionofprojectsandstayattheforefrontofdesigntrendsandmethodologies.
NewModelDevelopment:Activelycontributedtotheongoingdevelopmentofinnovativedesignmodels,helping toshapethedirectionofprojectsandstayattheforefrontofdesigntrendsandmethodologies.
May2021-August2021
May2021-August2021
FloorPlanProduction:Produceddetailed floorplans,providingclearandaccuratevisualrepresentationsofthe officelayout.
FloorPlanProduction:Produceddetailed floorplans,providingclearandaccuratevisualrepresentationsofthe officelayout.
InteriorDesign:Playedapivotalroleingeneratinginteriorrenderingsthathelpedstakeholdersvisualizethe proposeddesignchanges.Involvedinmaterialselection,ensuringthatchosenmaterialsalignedwiththeproject's vision,andcontributingtoacohesivedesignconcept.
InteriorDesign:Playedapivotalroleingeneratinginteriorrenderingsthathelpedstakeholdersvisualizethe proposeddesignchanges.Involvedinmaterialselection,ensuringthatchosenmaterialsalignedwiththeproject's vision,andcontributingtoacohesivedesignconcept.
VisualDesign:Contributedtothevisualdesignandimprovementofthecompany'smarketing,enhancingits appeal. Createdacohesiveandprofessionalimageforthecompany.
VisualDesign:Contributedtothevisualdesignandimprovementofthecompany'smarketing,enhancingits appeal. Createdacohesiveandprofessionalimageforthecompany.
CarnegieMellonUniversity, Pittsburgh
DoubleMajorinArchitecture,BusinessAdministration
DoubleMajorinArchitecture,BusinessAdministration
August2019-May2024
August2019-May2024
AutoCAD Grasshopper
Keyshot
Revit
Rhinoceros 3D
Excel
Microsoft Suite
R Studio
Bluebeam Climate Studio
Photoshop Illustrator
InDesign
Premiere Pro
Figma
Epic Metals Competition (3rd Place)
CMU Dean’s List (2019- 2023) University and College Honors
Digital Media & Drawing Materials and Assembly Building Physics
Environment I & II: Climate and Energy in Architecture Management Game