Time: SUMMER 2012
Thesis
Site: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Program:
Pop music and port complex region
Instructor: Peter Zellner
Organic City
Kaohsiung Pop Music Concert Hall and Region Design
Kaohsiung port, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNA8fL51J20&feature=plcp
The forming of the urban context is based on the existing territory, something that changes slowly, and human activities, which are changing all the time. Due to the non-stop pace of human activities, the urban context remains in a cycle of perpetual negotiation. Like organic tissue, the city is always in a state of growth, decay, and rebirth.
Port Area
Plaza Chunk Model
Time:2013~2014
Company: RTKL / L.A.
Site: Beijin, China
Program: Retail & Office
Capacity: Main Architecture Designer
Phase Undertaken: Concept Design Schemetic Design
In this project we did a inner brain storming and brought up three schemes and then combined the podium of my design with the towers in another.
Due to the limited shape of site, long, narrow, and L shape, I tried to make the retail podium as an integrated massing to consolidate the commercail activity. Besides, by lifting the massing in 100% corner and creating inner plaza, people can easily access inner and underground stores.
Taihot Plaza
Practical Project / Shopping Mall and Office Tower Complex
Time:2013~2014
Company:
RTKL / L.A.
Site: Dalian, China
Program: Hotel Capacity Facade Design
Phase Undertaken: Schemetic Design Design Development
For this overseas project, we endeavered in facade design. In each phase, I designed several options which all met client’s need and also in various style. In the DD phase, we broke the ceiling into four repetivie modules to lower the building budget and study a practical way to build it.
Dalian Westin Hotel
Practical Project / Hotel
Time:2014
Company:
RTKL / L.A.
Site:
Shen Zhen, China
Program: Office
Capacity Architectural Design
Phase Undertaken: Concept Design
There are three challenges in this project, limited budget, strong image as a landmark for, maintaining efficiency of the tower.
After studied over 20 massing models, I concentrated the featured massing in the canopy of the podium. In this case, the budget will be spent on the most obvious area and get largest effect. Meanwhile, the tower body keep relatively conventional and efficient.
Henban Tower
Practical Project / Office Tower
Time:2013
Company:
RTKL / L.A.
Site: Beijin, China
Program: Office
Capacity Facade Design
Phase Undertaken: Schemetic Design
This is a conventional office tower buildings group. When working on it, my main task is to organize the consistency and difference in the facade design of these three buildings.
Moreover, I developed several schemes of the canopy of central plaza from conventional to special feature.
CR Land Towers Group
Practical Project / Office Towers Group
Time: 2008~2010
Company: Bio-Architecture Formosana
Site: Miao-Li County, Taiwan
Program: Administration, Hotel
Capacity: Project Architecture
Phase Undertaken: Competition, Master Plan, Design Development, Construction
In this project we tried to arrange severaI programs in different qualities in one complex building. Furthermore, dealing with the triangulate site is another important issue. I was very involved in this project from the bidding stage all the way to construction.
Chu-Nan Science Park Adm.
Practical Project/Complex Building
Study Models/ Competition Stage
Time: 2009~2010
Company: Bio-Architecture Formosana
Site: Taipei City, Taiwan
Program: House
Capacity: Project Architect Project Manager
Phase Undertaken: Master Plan, Design Development, Construction Document
This was a small project, a single house on a mountain slop. In this case, it’s a tough work to find a solution to deal with the site. Since it was small, I’m simply the only person who handling the whole project from initial design to construction stage. My role in this project included negotiating with vendors, engineers, clients, as well as managing two other members of the team.
Practical Project/ Single House Yang’s House
Site Plan/ Design Document
Detail/ Construction Document
Fall 2012
3GAX
Applied Study
Instructor:
Tom Wiscombe
Herwig Baumgarte
Partner:
Macus Hoh
Ayaka Ono
Byungmo Kang
D
Design Document
T
Theater and Hotel of L.A.
Detail of Roof and Window
Detail of Floor and Wall
Underground Heating and Cooling System
Detailed View of Connections
FALL 2011
3GAX Studio
Site: Los Angeles
Instructor: Eric Owen Moss
Partner: Ye Li
URBAN INTERWOVEN
-Vertical Farm on Highway 101-
The city was a grid context and cut by the 101 highway. Our policy of this project is to fill the grid system back and turn the empty space of 101 into another urban connection. Besides, we embed vertical farm on this site and use it as the interweaving element.
L.A. is a city where a lot people live in a desert climate, sunshine almost all the year and have very limited rain. So, it will be very meaningful to make L.A. a huge city lab of sustainable experiments. We want to give L.A. a sustainable lead to the whole world.
We embed a vertical farm in the site in order to reduce food mileage and provide low price organic food to people. There are solar panels and gray water reuse system on the farm tower, it can not only support the farm but also feedback to the neighborhood.
How we do it is that we cover the ground level to make it flat, and we lower the highway level twice deep to reduce the interference to the city. Between the highway and the ground level is infrastruction level and parking space. We rearrange the program on the ground level to link the commercial belt and form a plaza in the middle of the entire area. We set a platform on 30' high above the ground level. The platform extends many tentacles to attend and connect the open spaces scattered on this area. After that, we put several vertical farm towers. It provides not only food and energy but also a spirit and living style of Los Angeles.
Vertical
Ineterwoven Park
Site: San Pedro, Los Angeles
Partner: Roney Eckle
Revitalize of Ports O’Call
Julius Schulman Emerging Talent Award Design Charrette
In thiw project we, our main idea is not only bring people to the water, but also bring water to the people. Thus, the street level is void and allow peolple to go through.On the site itself, we keep the maxima of the natural land as a big ramp to connect people to the water.
Sampson
Spring 2011
2GBX Studio
Site: Los Angeles Program: Hotel, Retail, Theater
Instructor: Tom Wiscombe
Partner: Xiao Feng Mei
Parametric Design for Architecture
L.A. Theater and Hotel
In this project, we demonstrate the scripting by using monkey in Rhino to make a pattern and then use the pattern to create a building with architecture feature.
Scripting-Bundle Attractor
Scripting 3D Testing
Physical Model
Theater
Theater
Program: Museum, restraunt
Instructor:
Florencia Pita
In the beginning, I chose one object from manuscripts to be the basic element fugure of the form, then I changed the proportion and aggregated them upon a box by applying and carving. After many times of trying, I developed three ways to connect them-Positive to Positive to Positive, Positive to Positive to Negative, and and Negative to Negative. to Negative
Envolope Transforming
EnvolopeTransforming
Manuscripts Museum
Morph Negotiation
Working Sample+CV
2008~2014
Digest of Practical projects from biding to CD and Academic Projects in SCI-Arc.
http://issuu.com/ta_david_yu/docs/ta_david_yu_working_sample__cv_2012
Portfolio
Fall 2010~ Fall 2011
Detail description of Academic Projects, and other seminar works in SCI-Arc.
http://issuu.com/ta_david_yu/docs/ta_yu_portfolio_fall_2010_fall_2011
ORGANIC CITY_Thesis M.Arch2
Summer 2012
Thesis project of M.Arch2. A design and rethinking of the growth of an asian city by aggregation and transformation.
http://issuu.com/ta_david_yu/docs/thesis_organic_city_portfolio
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNA8fL51J20
Thesis Preperation_ORGANIC CITY
Spring 2012
Investigation and research of the field of ORGANIC CITY. The cities revolution, learning from shopping field, and aggregation plus transformation.
http://issuu.com/ta_david_yu/docs/thesis_prep_ta_yu
Yu, Ta (David)
Registered Architect of Taiwan
LEED AP BD+C
EDUCATION
Master of Architecture
SCI-Arc Los Angeles, CA
Graduated: Sep 2012
Bachelor of Architecture
1-626-808-5626
tyu@jwa-arch.com tyuarch@gmail.com
ACTIVITIES
Theatre Troupe Director
354, N. Mission dr., San Gabriel, CA 91775, U.S.A.
Chung Yuan Christian University Taipei, Taiwan
Graduated: Jun. 2004
EXPERIENCE
Studio Lead
TYU Studio @ JWA Inc. Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Apr. 2014 ~
- Taking charge of residential projects from concept to the issue of building permit.
Design Staff
RTKL
Apr. 2013 ~ Mar. 2014
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
- Fully involved in four high rise & retail complex projects in Concept Design, SD, and DD.
Project Architect
Bio Architecture Formosana Taipei, Taiwan
Feb. 2008 ~ Apr. 2010
- Experienced in more than fifteen large scale retail, commercial , and housing projects.
- Fully involved in one housing and one complex project from bidding to construction documentation.
- Experienced in project management in one project.
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church Alhambra, CA 2012, 2013
Vice President
Rotaract Club 3480 District Taipei, Taiwan
2009~2010
Youth Group Mentor
Zion Presbyterian Church Taipei, Taiwan 2006~2008
AWARDS
Julius Schulman Emerging Talent Award
Design Charrette (LABC)
- Honorable Mention
- Published in Sci-Arc magazine 04/2012 issue
Publication -eVolo magazine
http://www.evolo.us/architecture/organic-city-designed-using-i nteraction-and-tectonic-assembly-algorithms/ -suckerPUNCH
http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2012/11/01/organic-city/#m ore-25710
SKILLS
Software
- Proficient
Auto CAD, Revit, Sketch up, Rhino, Grasshopper, MAYA, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Vray, Microsoft Office, Z Brush
Language
- English, Mandarin, Cantonese
