Portfolio_Yuanyuan Cui

YUANYUAN CUI (CHLOE)

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER

CHLOECUI0524@GMAIL.COM

734-882-9931

Boston, MA

ILE WA_OUR HOUSE APARTMENT

Fall 2021

Sugarhill District, Midtown Detroit, United States

am an active thinker who is good at proactively responding to complex situations and finding solutions. I am also a keen observer of the design world driven by my curiosity.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COORDINATOR @ STANTEC, Boston MA

06.20.2022 - 06.16.2023

• Worked on the DD&CD of the 2nd&vine residential project including interior and exterior drawings in Revit and Bluebeam.

ADAM’S MORGAN LIBRARY

Spring 2017

Washington D.C., United States

Master of Architecture

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2018-2022

(Fall 2021 Housing Project was selected for School Student Show.)

Bachelor of Arts, School of Architecture

University of Maryland, College Park

2014-2018

• Worked on the R-1 Chinatown affordable housing project through predesign, SD, and DD phases in InDesign, SketchUp, Rhino, and Revit. Made renderings through Enscape and Photoshop, proposal slides, and 3d printing models. Participated in the material sampling, window design, and facade design process. Participated in client meetings, OAC meetings, and local community meetings to discuss design options.

• Participated in the RFP phase of the Pratt St multifamily residential project. Worked on the presentation slides and massing models in SketchUp, Revit, and InDesign.

• Worked on the Construction Administration tasks for the Kendall Square Power station project in Revit.

ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP @ HOUSE FICTION ARCHITECTURE

01.20.2021 - 04.19.2021

about work experience education skills

Rhino SketchUp

Revit

AutoCAD

Grasshopper

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe AfterEffects

Physical Modeling

3d printing

Bluebeam

Enscape

V-Ray

Lumion

intermediate

DESIGN, Beijing, China

• Participated in the interior design of the Fan Boutique Hotel project in downtown Beijing.

• Participated in the design of the Dong Liang Fashion Boutique Store in Beijing and prepared the design proposal documents (AutoCAD drawings, Diagrams)

• Designed the runway installation, poster, and social media for the YINGPEI STUDIO fashion show in 2021AW Shanghai Fashion Week.

ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP @ Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD), Beijing, China 07.15.2020 - 10.05.2020

• Participated in the Schematic Design of Beijing Huairou Lung Disease Research Center.

• Prepared the construction documentation of Beijing Huairou Lung Disease Research Center.

• Designed the paving system in the Chongqing Outlets Shopping Center project.

• Drew the detailed AutoCAD drawings for the refined decoration in Chongqing Outlets Shopping Center Project.

• Drew the site analysis diagrams, circulation diagrams, and fire zone diagrams in Chongqing Outlets Shopping Center Project.

ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP @ SHEPLEY BULFINCH, Phoenix AZ

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Time Management

LEED GA+AP

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06.04.2019 - 08.19.2019

• Prepared and presented design proposals for Downtown Land Yacht Club project to the clients.

• Made the renderings, interior wall art, and diagrams for the Uncommon Flagstaff student housing complex.

• Participated in the schematic design, made digital models and diagrams of the University of Arizona Chemistry Building Renovation project.

CUSTOMIZED PORTABLE COURTYARD

Spring 2019

Chicago, United States

DESIGNER’S STUDIO FOR YOHJI YAMAMOTO

Fall 2017

Paris, France

YINGPEI STUDIO RUNWAY STAGE FOR SHANGHAI FASHION WEEK

Spring 2021

Shanghai,China

WORK PROJECTS: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN & RENDERINGS

2018-2023

OTHER WORK: DRAWINGS & PHYSICAL MODELS

2018-2021

ILE WA_OUR HOUSE APARTMENT “Form“

& “Community Engagement‘

Fall 2021

Group Academic Project: Yuanyuan Cui, Danielle Weitzman

Location: Sugarhill District, Midtown of Detroit

Instructor:ClaudiaWigger+CraigBorum

Sugar Hill is a two-block district in Midtown Detroit bound by Woodward Avenue, Wayne State University, and the Detroit Medical Center. It is currently home to a combination of residential, mixed-use, and arts-related businesses, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD). Seeing the economic development opportunities driven by the arts in adjacent neighborhoods, we would look into the potential for highlighting the area’s art and cultural heritage as a way to attract visitors and economic stimulus.

We would like to establish new housing within the Sugar Hill Arts District that leverages programming, construction, and design to create affordable, equitable, and sustainable living and working opportunities for the growing community of artists and their families. We would explore architectural strategies and tactics that reinforce affordability, diversity and creative approaches to urban living. We also explore architectural strategies and tactics that reinforce affordability, diversity, and creative approaches to urban living.

Martin Creed, Work No. 790: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT, Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise.

The early idea of form is from the “S” of sugar hill, and when we realize the shape of “S” creates two voids by itself. After setting the grid system on our site, the “S” is divided into three large massings. The walls of the commercial district on the first floor are curved because we believe that curves can weaken the hardness of large-scale buildings and make the field of vision smoother. For the upper residential floors, we offset the five-foot outer wall. The five-foot cantilever not only distinguishes residential and commercial areas but also provides people with an area to shelter from rain and park bicycles. Additionally, in the residential part, we chose the right angle for the wall outside the flushing site, and we retained the curve for the wall inside the flushing site. We believe that this design language can visually guide people's sight and movement, while residents have a sense of security.

A Yoruba word for ‘our house,’ Ile Wa bridges disassociated communities’ economic and cultural gaps. We imagine Detroit’s Sugar Hill neighborhood teeming with new activity from lifelong Detroiters welcoming newcomers attending college, migrants looking to get established alongside locals, and oldtime residents who may have lost at securing housing. We also designed a series of furniture intending to enhance the connection and activities between people.

JUNGLE GYM SANDPIT

MONKEY BAR

SEESAW

BIKE PARKING

WATER COLLECTING

WATER COLLECTING CHAIR / TABLE CHAISE LOUNGE

Material: Our main facade materials are wood Panels and brick veneer. Brick is used on the ground floor for commercial and community spaces and then carried up through the building to denote additional community gathering areas. The wood panel system is used in upper residential floors to provide a sense of warmth, nature, and welcoming.

Windows: We have a few different sizes and shapes of windows that correlate to the activities and programs within the building, including private residential spaces and community zones. We hope to use the facade materials and the window sizes to highlight key moments. The Living room, ground-floor commercial spaces, and shared community spaces are all highlighted by fillet corner facades, showing welcoming and inclusiveness. Private space uses rectangular-shaped windows to allow for more privacy.

Construction: Our construction type is CLT. It offers high strength and the structural simplicity needed for cost-effective buildings, as well as a lighter environmental footprint.

Landscape inspiration: Superkilen Urban Park in Denmark by BIG.

SITE A_WEST ELEVATION TOWARD WOODWARD AVE

SITE A_WALL SECTION

BRICKS

WOOD PANELS

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SITE A_FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SITE A COMMUNITY SPACE_GYM

SITE A_FIFTH FLOOR PLAN

SITE A_SECOND FLOOR PLAN

SITE A_UNIT PLAN_1B1B

SITE A_SIXTH FLOOR PLAN

SITE A_UNIT PLAN_2B2B LOFT

SITE A_THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SITE A_ROOF FLOOR

SITE A_UNIT PERSPECTIVE_2B2B LOFT

To start to piece together a glue for this community, we wanted to focus on three distinct narrative types within Detroit, the Woodward market rate resident, a family with a recent migrant background, the social worker who provides specialized community care, and a longtime Detroit resident who faces chronic housing insecurity who likes the flexibility of not being beholden to a specific room or site.

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SITE B_COMMUNITY

SITE B_UNIT PLAN_TRANSIENT

SITE B_FIFTH FLOOR PLAN

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ADAM’S MORGAN LIBRARY Constructing Collaborative Convergence Spring 2017

Individual Academic Project

Location: CenteredatColumbiaRoadand18thStreetinWashingtonD.C.

Instructor: Michael Ambrose

This project was seeking to examine the architectural implications of programs and cultural constructs derived from close study of the action, events, and ideas of a community based on a constructed social convergence in the institution of a public neighborhood branch library. This building should serve as means to facilitate a discussion of convergence between individual and collective identity engaged in the public life on the street.

The motive was to bring about conflicts, identify problems to solve, and to resolve the resultant discordance in such a way that it brings about unanticipated forms, experiences, and patterns of engaging the way one inhabits the event space of threshold as a conceptual framework for convergence of social interaction of collaborative practices in the public realm.

“Ithinkofthepastandthefutureaswellasthepresentto determinewhereIam,andImoveonwhilethinkingofthese things.”——TadaoAndo

During the process of site analysis, I was critical of topography, slope, and elevation change to transform the fundamental order and organization into a new piece of architecture. The program for this project was a neighborhood branch library for a community of Washington DC, near the Dupont Circle, comprised of a broad range of various actions, events, and ideas that reflect the diverse population of the community.

The library was intended to be a social place of constructed convergence of collaborative learning and working which reflect environments.

STEP 4 EXTRACTING

Five elements that compose this design. The rectilinear windows, green spaces, the main gate, huge linear windows, and water pool ceilings create special light and shadow effects and different moments that build tranquility and a natural environment in this diverse neighborhood.

This circulation creates more engagement, a variety of moments, and convenience for the visitors.

It includes three parts: the main entrance and emergency exit, the ramps, and the elevators. The tamp near the main entrance and the two elevators are reserved for the disabled.

CUSTOMIZED PORTABLE COURTYARD

Spring 2019

Individual Academic Project

Location: Chicago

Instructor: Jacob Comerci

This project required us to design an inventory or product and its retail or production space. The site was in the suburbs of Chicago. In this project, the need for human labor would be minimized, and customers would have opportunities to DIY the products by themselves.

The product was a customized portable garden. In the context of the new era, people living in super cities might need more convenient and flexible ways to get close to nature. Not only small flowers and tabletop potted plants, but we might also have a small square foot of forest in the house. In my design, the exterior wall of the factory was surrounded by vending machines of plants, the first floor was the planting and packaging area, and the second floor was storing and cultivating area. Transportation, irrigation, and fertilization would be manipulated by robotic arms and large freight elevators.

Vending Machines

The aesthetic style was inspired by Pigalle Duperré, because I hoped the factory could invigorate the surrounding area and bring a sense of vitality to the customers.

The architecture focused on clear circulation and the connections between different programs. People could buy the plants they wanted by driving through the factory’s vending machines on the outer wall. After receiving the order, the robotic arm would select and package, and finally be delivered to the home by the factory truck.

1. ENTRANCE AREA.

2. PACKAGING AREA.

3. GROWING AREA.

4. STORING AND CULTIVATING.

5. ELEVATORS.

6. DELIVERY TRUCK.

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PRODUCT_PORTABLE GARDEN

GROWING AREA

TRANSPORTING AND STORAGE AREA

DESIGNER’S STUDIO FOR YOHJI YAMAMOTO

Fall 2017

Individual Academic Project

Location: Paris

Instructor: Michael Abram

The site is 80 ft*180 ft located in a random area in Paris, France. The form of the building developed from a Mondrian painting, and the functions serve a chosen designer, Yohji Yamamoto. This project is a practice of thinking from 2D to 3D, making iterations of forms,

Yohji is an influential Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. Yamamoto is known for an untamed spirit in his clothing, frequently creating designs far removed from current trends. The building not only provides Yohji’s work needs but also satisfies his aesthetic needs. Considering Yohji’s background and the general urban context of Paris, I choose low-key and natural materials. The ambition is to show the intersection of conflicts and orders, east and west.

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SEMI-PRIVATE CIRCULATION

PRIVATE CIRCULATION\

PUBLIC CIRCULATION

ELEVATOR

(The building includes two stairs and one elevator)

The building includes public circulation, semi-private circulation, and private circulation. The working space will not disturb the designer’s private life.

The design of the yard comes from Mondrian’s painting and Yohji’s Japanese background. First, I add Zen and traditional Asian garden elements like a sandpit, plants, a reflection pool, and wooden grating. The wooden grating can be treated as a boundary, which splits the public yard and the building. Second, I add the audience seats for people who come to the shows. Every element is assigned along with the Mondrian axis. The building and the yard correspond to each other.

As Yohji’s background and personality, this building is full of contradictoriness but unified at the same time. From the conceptual aspect, it’s a collision of conservation and vanguard spirit, a collision of contemplation and ceremony.

In Figure 1, at the entrance, to give this space an open view, I apply huge mirror walls. Also, the mirrors emphasize designers’ strong self-awareness and attitudes.

In Figure 2, this is the first floor. Yohji’s living room or a private studio, the interior is decorated with Asian and European Arts. It has a great view to enjoy Yohji’s private garden.

In Figure 3, this is the top floor’s rehearsal room meeting space and dressing room. There are four restrooms for public use. The mirror is convenient for the designer to appreciate the clothes.

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PRIVATE STUDIO ENTRANCE

FIGURE 1 ENTRANCE

FIGURE 2 REHEARSAL ROOM

YINGPEI STUDIO RUNWAY STAGE

Shanghai Fashion Week

Spring 2021

Work Project Team: Yuanyuan Cui, Zhixuan Zou

(Duration: 20 days)

The project’s client was Yingpei Studio, whose style focused on retro and a gloomy feminine style. The clothing style was trying to express the suffering in silence. The show was located at No. 5 of the Shanghai Oil Tank Art Center which was an enclosed round space has 16 meters in diameter.

PHOTO OF THE SHANGHAI OIL TANK ART CENTER

EXPLODED AXON

For architecture, a fashion show is a four-dimensional design that embraces time, space, sound, and vision at the same time. The runway stage designed for YINGPEI STUDIO evolved into a concise and calculated drama.

The installation included three main parts: the foundation, the pole, and the round drum on the ground. The foundation was a black glossy-painted cube with a motorized device inside. The pole was divided into four parts. 1/4 of the center of the pole was located at the top surface of the black box. This placement created an illusion of visual balance.

The pole had two ends, and two models walked along with the ends from the beginning till the last model her stage After the last model finished her stage, there was a short dart and silence. Then, the pole tilted and fell to the drum, the percussion and the music started at the same time, also the confetti sprayed into the air. All the models were on the stage, and this was the finale.

The key points o this design were cooperation and pioneering. The cooperation in between music, lights, installation, models, and the designers.

We carried out many calculations and tests in the design process of the installation to best present the designer’s theme.

More details online:

https://www.798news.com/10807.html

https://www.designverse.com.cn/content/home/article/shi-heng-zhen-qing-bao-chi-qing-xingde-jue-zhi-gun-hao-si-fei-xing-house-fiction-en

PHOTOGRAPHY_ DURING THE SHOW

PHOTOGRAPHY_ DURING THE SHOW

PHOTOGRAPHY_ FINALE

WORK PROJECTS

Concepts & Renderings

LAND YACHT CLUB ENSCAPE RENDERING

LAND YACHT CLUB ENSCAPE RENDERING

UNCOMMON FLAGSTAFF STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEX_ FACADE

UNCOMMON FLAGSTAFF STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEX_ LOBBY

UNCOMMON FLAGSTAFF STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEX _WINTER SCENE

WORK PROJECTS

Concepts & Renderings & Documentation

SITE

FRONT ELEVATION

WORK PROJECTS

Commercial & Retail Project Interior Design

Dongliang High-end Boutique Clothing Store

OTHER WORKS

Photography & Physical Models

Materials:

Boards.

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1-3. Physical Model of Precedent Study of Mies Van De Roe’s Manheim Theater (1953), 2019.

Museum

Foam Boards. Acrylic Wood

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PHOTO_BOUTIQUE INTERIOR DESIGN

PHOTO_BOUTIQUE INTERIOR DESIGN

OTHER WORKS

Drawings & Physical Models

A study on how the seam of the tile can play a role on articulating the design of the overall tile.

Programs used: Rhino 6 Grasshopper

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Physical Model of Form Study, 2018. Pattern, apertures, and colors.

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