Song Yang | MArch Architectural Design Portfolio

POSSIBILITY OF INTERSECTION

YANG SONG PORTFOLIO

MSD.AAD | University of Pennsylvania 2022-2023

B.ARCH | Qingdao University of Technology 2016-2022

Philadelphia, PA

TEL: (267) 670-5915

EMAIL: soyang@upenn.edu

INTERSECTION

Intersection does not mean merger and compromise. On the contrary, the result of intersection is often beyond people's existing knowledge. Therefore, when the situation is deadlocked, the introduction of new media can often bring new life.

Counter Composition VI, Theo van Doesburg

01 PEELING BACK

Architecture × NFT's The Future of the New York Stock Exchange

Type: Academic /Team work

Time: 2022/08-2022/12

Teammate: Chen Yi

Supervisor: Ali Rahim

New York City's mining of irreplaceable tokens (NFTs) tied to the value of the city's real estate has allowed residents and visitors to discover new opportunities to explore New York's future. The foundation of the non-homogenized currency is the blockchain, which proves the irreplaceability of digital assets. This discovery not only brings new exploration for city residents, but also a new experience in the form of architecture - the server as a projection of digital assets in reality.

LAYERING

Paul Rudolph's Blue Cross perfectly demonstrates the concept of layering. Ducts and structures are subtly submerged in the layers of the façade, freeing up space within. An analysis of the façade construction shows that from the outside to the inside, the façade, the Y-structure system, the equipment ducts, the support structure, the bay, the window frames, the windows and the inner frames. The whole system is interlocked and progresses step by step.

PEELING

Unlike the nested construction of Blue Cross, Foxconn's headquarters perfectly embodies the concept of peeling. There are no confusing connections between the different parts of the building, and each part has a very distinct character. So as we layer the folding bed of glass on the facade, through the flowing window frames, we can see through the floor and slab construction to the dense and spectacular equipment and elevators in the center.

Precedent1: Blue Cross, Paul Rudolph, 1957

Precedent2: Foxconn Headquarters, KRIS YAO, 1974

HYBRID PEELING BACK

The hybrid product generated according to the precedent is synthesized according to the underlying logic of both layering and peeling. Initially, the surface layer of rods diverges backwards, partly carrying the peeling construction and continuing to extend vertically, and partly forming new layers backwards and continuing to evolve backwards until the space that divides human and machine use is generated. In the section we can see this order from façade generation to space generation.

02 FLOW

Urban × Food Food System Stitches Urban Texture

Type: Academic /Individual work

Time: 2021/07-2021/11

Supervisor: Xudong Xie

In the early twentieth century, a large number of railways and factories appeared in the coastal areas of Qingdao. These coastal factories and railways made great contributions to the development of Qingdao. However, with the development of cities, these factories and railways not only caused the fragmentation of the city, but also became an obstacle to the urban food supply system.

Source: Art print 'The journey is the destination'

Reyner

Peter Reyner Banham was the most important theorist of architecture, design and popular culture in the West in the second half of the 20th century.

Qingdao

TECHNOLOGY

CULTURE

SEAFOOD FLOW

REINTEGRATE THE FOOD FLOW

OCEAN RANCH

DOCK (from 1895)

WATER TOWER (1966-2008)

HIGHWAY (from 2003)

LI YUAN (1922-2015)

RAILWAY (from 1900)

BREWERY (from 1903)

SILO (1962-2010)

STEEL PLANT (1958-2013)

TEXTILE FACTORY (1964-2008)

YARD (from 1895)

PART1: PRODUCTION

PART2: PROCESSING

PART3: DISTRIBUTION

PART4: CONSUMPTION

LIVE ROOM

LOADING AREA

SILO (1962-2010)

HIGHWAY (from 2003) CENTRAL KITCHEN

VENDING MACHINE

SUBWAY STATION

LOADING AREA

FOOD COURT

ROOF PARK

03 UNDER ROCKS

Architecture × Culture

The Rebirth of the Forgotten Quarry

Type: Academic /Individual work

Time: 2018/12-2019/02

Supervisor: Chibiao Hao

Urbanized scenes, the final destination for many resources, have provided a disconnect from extraction sites. The latter continue to become more and more remote until they disappear all together, forming ‘lost landscapes’ when depletion deems them no longer of value. However, under this seemingly desolate and dilapidated mine, the site hides huge potential.

Source: Model photo

LANDSCAPE SCARS SCAR MAP

HISTORY OF OTANI STONE

Mankind's greedy grabbing of natural resources has left huge rifts in the land. Abandoned mines, gas pits and quarries show that urbanization has created another side of the earth.

Louis I. Kahn is one of the most famous American architects in the 20th century. He is best known for his method of combining modernism with the weight and dignity of ancient ruins. After Kang's architecture integrates the three elements of sublime, hierarchy, and structural rationalism, it finally becomes a poetic and philosophical space touches people's hearts.

KAHN'S THEORY

Modular Grid Interval Strips Serve and Be Served

Rock Mine 30m

Mir Mine Grasberg Mine

Darvaza Gas Crater

Carrara Quarry Kimberley Mine

Diavik Diamond Mine Bingham Mine Escondida

Louis.I.Kahn

EXPLODED AXON

MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN

BOX 1 LIBRARY

This type is used for displays and exhibitions. The exhibits are not only books, but also related exhibits about stone pits, which are embedded in the niches of stone pillars.

BOX 3 HOSTEL

This type is a temporary hotel for artists, providing studios and residences for artists who create or travel. Continuous traffic surrounds the continuous windows.

BOX 2 LOBBY

This type is used for service and office. The large dome space provides a wide space for offices and services, and the skylights on the top provide a bright atmosphere.

BOX 4 TRAFFIC CORE

This type is mainly used to connect stone blocks with different functions. In addition, this is also the interval of the horizontal streamline.

BOX 5 LOUNGE

This type is used for rest. The stone curtain descending from the ceiling faintly divides the space, and the grid-like stone pillars connect the external bath and lounge.

BOX 7 STAIR

This type is used to connect above and below ground. People circle the stone pillars into the underground, and the niches on the stone pillars create an atmosphere.

BOX 6 SHRINE

This type is used for worship. Above is a U-shaped corridor surrounding a full-height space. The bottom is a dome-shaped space, with niches cut out around it.

BOX 8 SAUNA

This type is used as a sauna room. The continuous vault divides the dressing and sauna rooms. Each sauna room is equipped with a separate scenery window.

Urban × Ornithology

Bird Migration Corridor over the City

Type: Academic /Team work

Time: 2019/12-2020/03

Team Member:Xiru Zhang, Manfei Ye

Contribution: Concept(100%), Model(100%), Render(20%), Drawing(70%)

It is estimated that about 600 million migratory birds in the United States die every year from hitting buildings. Some researchers recently listed a list of dangerous cities for migrating birds in the United States, and New York topped the list, becoming the place where these birds need the most attention.

Source: Collage by the author

STRATEGY THE THREATS OF MIGRATION IN NEW YORK

Buildings (180-216millions)

Transmission Lines (173-175millions)

Cars and Trucks (93-109millions)

Communication Towers (190-203millions)

Severe

The Migration Corridor scraper aims to help migrating birds successfully fly over New York every year. It protects migratory birds by saving lost and injured birds, correcting bird navigation systems and providing habitats, thereby alleviating the contradiction between cities on migration routes and migratory songbirds.

Olfactory Correction

NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Synthetic Odors

Natural Odors

Artificial Odors

Gradient odors map: dots presenting odorous gradient, and arrows showing directions.

1 Green Circles, showing synthetic and artificial odors on flight way.

2 Red Circles, presenting artificial odors. The right is map information.

3 Blue Circles, presenting that birds can smell natural air and artificial odors, respectively, and the red is control treatment.

4 Arrows, standing distributing directions.

Celestial Correction

Bionic Polarized Light Detector Radar Sky Synchronization

Optical Filter

Bionic Polarized Light Sensor

Holographic Astrological Projection

Thunderstorm or night, The corridor will keep us safe across the city.

Magnetic Field Correction

Electromagnetic Wave

Aluminum Plate Conductor

Electrostatic Screen

Grounding Conductor

Grounding Device

05 PLASTIC STRUCTURE

Structure × Plastic

The Possibility of Digital Plastic Structures

Type: Academic /Team work

Time: 2019/04-2019/08

Team Member:Dawei Xu, Bingze Li, Yifei Wang, Yuncheng Wu, Ziheng Zhou, Guorong Zhang, Jianchi Wang

Contribution: Model(30%), Digital Fabrication(70%), Photo(20%)

Only 9 percent of plastic generated by humans is recycled, with most of the 80 percent buried deep in landfills or accumulating in the natural environment. In an environment where plastic waste is prevalent, we considered the possibility of printing recycled plastic in building structures.

UNIT CELL PRINTING SAMPLE

Select the benzene ring unit cell structure, spatial nested unit cell structure, regular hexahedral unit cell structure and regular octahedral unit cell structure for the shape printing test. Under the condition of controlling the unit cell density, temperature and material hardness the same, it is found that the structural stability and The monomer with the best morphological fit is the monomer composed of regular hexahedral unit cells.

PATH DESIGN

The structure of the regular hexahedron is stable, the path design is feasible, and the fit to the shape is high. Therefore, the monomer is selected as a regular hexahedron.

Crossbar

Pyramid

Octahedron

Regular Hexahedron

Methane

Benzene Ring

Graphite Spatial Nesting

Regular Hexahedron

Orange and green PLA materials perform well in compressive strength and structural stability to temperature changes. In addition, the combination of orange material and other materials is superior. Therefore, the orange material was finally chosen.

PRINTING MATERIAL SELECTION

FAILURE ANALYSIS

The extrusion speed is too slow The temperature is too high The wind speed is too large

ROBOTIC ARM DESIGN

Connected Components

ROBOTIC ARM REPAIR

An important part of the project is the modification of the robotic arm. In order to achieve the effect of extrusion space structure, it is necessary to strictly control the extrusion speed, heating temperature and fan cooling. In addition, in order to make the printing part flexible movement, but also constantly adjust the size of the modified part.

LOAD TESTING

By printing crystal cells of different materials for load-bearing tests, we found that PLA green and PLA orange materials had better stability and load-bearing capacity. However, in the later splicing and ductility of different materials, PLA orange can be better integrated into other materials with better ductility.

Stepper Motor Tube

Cooling Fan Heating Block

Gas Injection Extrusion Tube

Steel Frame

CLIMATE REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH

06 FILTER DAM

Landscape × Water

A More Resilient Agricultural Landscape

Type: GSD Summer School Project/Individual work Time: 2021/07-2021/12

Supervisor: Ashley Hickman

Floods and food crises are sweeping Bangladesh, and new landscape infrastructure will be built to cope with the crisis.

STRATEGY

This design re-controls the flood so that it does not become a solvent for the toxic arsenic in the soil, which leads to a crisis of drinking water and food security. First, sort out all water-related activities in the site and re-order them according to the water quality requirements. The landscape and architectural planning are also started. On the basis of ensuring food security, habitat restoration and farmland protection, this project redefines the resilient agricultural landscape under the crisis of rising sea levels.

07 LIGHT PUMP MANUAI

Installation × Water

The Strategy of Collecting Drinking Water

Type: Academic / Team work

Time: 2020/02-2020/06

Team Leader: Yang Song

Participants: Zhong Chen, Haoyang Lu, Jialu Xu

Contribution: Concept(90%), Model(50%), Render(50%), Drawing(60%)

Supervisor: Xuechuan Geng

The design raises awareness of Africa's water shortage and encourages people in developed countries to conserve water while addressing the daily drinking water crisis in Africa.

08 ARTISTS OF SEASONS

An Earth Art Installation

Type: Academic / Team work

Time: 2019/08-2019/09

Team Leader: Yang Song

Participants: Xiru Zhang, Manfei Ye

Contribution: Model(80%), Drawing(60%)

Supervisor: Professor Chibiao Hao

The design encourages people to pay attention to the surrounding landscape. We're not creating landscapes, we're just providing another medium to find beauty.

09 LIGHT BOX DESIGN

Translation of Japanese Jomon Period Culture

Type: Internship / Individual work

Time: 2021/04-2021/06

Company: Studio Alpha

The basic figures of the Japanese Jomon period are extracted, the programs and algorithms are designed according to the original real and virtual rules, and finally the results are screened and manually optimized in the feasible results, and the plates are engraved by the CNC engraving machine.