FORM TO ARCHITECTURE
YUPENG
CHEN
RISD ARCH 2102, Spring 2022 Semester-long Individual work
In this phase of study, the studio main focuses on the form-finding through a visual and spatial research based on RISD nature lab.
Identifying a specimen at first, I did a series of study model to investigate the spatial richness of a snake skin.
Based on that finding, I utilized the form in the pavil ion design, then transformed into a final art school design.
This project mainly discovers the spatial potential of natural specimens and how can that potential turns into architectural form.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Specimen Study
Pavilion Design
Art School Design
PART I
PART II
PART II I
Part I Specimen Study
Photos of inspiration Model iterations
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PART II | PAVILION DESIGN
From previous form study, I used the reciprocal structure along with tensile structure to unpack the rich spatial implications of my specimen (snake skin)
I brought one more dimension into the 2D image of the speci men, not only discover the planar hexagonal elements, but also experiment with string (tensile force) and reciprocal structure to add more z-axial richness into the pavilion design.
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CONCEPT DRAWINGW CONCEPT STUDY MODEL
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PLAN PAVILION MODEL
PAVILION
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PAVILION
PAVILION MODEL
MODEL
PART III | ART SCHOOL DESIGN
After all the experiments of form, it is time to incorporate the vi sual and spatial findings into an architectural design.
The Art Institute arranges its form and function within the frame work I created
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ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHERSTER
YUPENG CHEN
RISD ARCH 2142, Spring 2022
Semester-long Individual work
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Organizing Principles 24 Tectonic Assembly 31 Circulation and Sequence 35
PART I | ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES
“The first unitarian church of rochester by luis kahn was build at 1969, and is organized by the logic of ‘center to the periphery’.
The main auditorium was surronded by a keyshape corridor which connects to multiple cluseters of rooms.
I assign each of the three components to three different materials: plexiglass, 1/16”cardboard, and ply wood.”
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ARCH2142-ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
LUIS KAHN, FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER
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LUIS KAHN, FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER
PLAN 1:500
SECTION 1:500
SECTION PLAN
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KAHN PROGRAM INTERLOCK PROGRAM INTERLOCK
ROCHESTER
LUIS
PART II | TECTONIC ASSEMBLY
“The first unitarian church of rochester is constructed as an as sembly of wall systems.
I abstracted the wood sticks to represent the force applied to the walls. And I chose a plexiglass to show the details of the floor plate also to show the wall systems.”
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TECTONIC MODEL
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PART III | CIRCULATION AND SEQUENCE
“Upon entry into the first unitarian church of rochester, a violinist goes down the stairs of the central hallway and enters a storage room to grab the instrument.
Then, the violinist turns around and reached the end of the cen tral corridor. After making a right turn, the violinist goes up the stairs at the end of the alley. Finally reaches the second floor mezzanine, the choir room. “
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UNROLLED SECTION
The unrolled section indicates the violinist’s spatial experience.
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OWNING,RENTING,LIVING
RISD ARCH 2108, Fall 2022
typology
We divided our mapping into the aboving four parts
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Income and Ownership Condition ...................... 18 Environmental Map ............................................. 19 Housing
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PART IV
In this two-week mapping exercise, our group dedicated to analyze how can ownership status influence the living condition in urban, neignbor hood, street, and human scale.
credit of teammate in charge : Jane Xu
ARCH 2108 | YUPENG CHEN | URBAN ECOLOGIES ANALYTICAL MAPPING 43 42 rented urban owned suburban Urban Ecologies [ARCH 2108] Owning, Renting, Living Instructors: Anne Tate, Annie Mock, Manuel Alvarado, Leeland McPhail Income & Ownership Conditions Urban Scale 9/26/2022 Yupeng Chen, Eva D’Oleo Pena, Pui Ki Ng, Jin Xu Income --- Grey scale, darker means lower income, lighrer means lower income Renters are more condensed at downtown than suburban also more condensed at lower income area
credit of teammate in charge : Jane Xu
credit of teammate in charge :
Jane Xu(Major), Yupeng Chen
More tree canopy shown in richer neighborhoods More heat island effect shown in lower income areas The environmental gentrification is significant
PART III | HOUSING TYPOLOGY
This map reveals the relationship between housing typology and ownership typology. Four most common housing types on site are chosen to illustrate the change of ownership status.
ARCH 2108 | YUPENG CHEN | URBAN ECOLOGIES ANALYTICAL MAPPING 45 44 House ownership Renter resident Owner resident High density, rented housing Low density, resident-owned Large-scale developer Individual apartments Large-scale developer Individual houses Historical houses Owner-occupied Partially rented Owner-occupied Rowhouse Double/ Triple decker Individual house Factory loft Urban Ecologies [ARCH 2108] Owning, Renting, Living Instructors: Anne Tate, Annie Mock, Manuel Alvarado, Leeland McPhail Housing Typology Analysis Street Scale 9/26/2022 Yupeng Chen, Eva D’Oleo Pena, Pui Ki Ng, Jin Xu
credit of teammate in charge : Betty Ng, Eva O’leo Pena
PART IV | SITE MASTER PLAN
In this site master plan, we indicated the empty lot ownership infomation in color.
Then we took one long section cut to study the side walk condi tion with a soundwave documentation of a scooter going on the sidewalk.
And two cross section cut indicates the human scale experience quantitatively with actual measurements of the crack. credit of
ARCH 2108 | YUPENG CHEN | URBAN ECOLOGIES ANALYTICAL MAPPING 47 46 Business-owned Individual ownership Public Playground Communal Space A A Scooter audio D D B B Urban Ecologies [ARCH 2108] Owning, Renting, Living Instructors: Anne Tate, Annie Mock, Manuel Alvarado, Leeland McPhail The Master Map Neighborhood Scale 9/26/2022 Yupeng Chen, Eva D’Oleo Pena, Pui Ki Ng, Jin Xu N
teammate in charge : Betty, Eva
credit of teammate in charge : Yupeng (scooter audio), Eva (street and housing)
credit of teammate in charge : Yupeng, Eva
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Owning, Renting, Living Instructors: Anne Tate, Annie Mock, Manuel Alvarado, Leeland McPhail Yupeng Chen, Eva D’Oleo Pena, Pui Ki Ng, Jin Xu Section
Empty Lot credit of teammate in charge : Betty credit of teammate in charge : Betty
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EMBEDED HISTORY
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Changes happens in different scales with different amptitude in urban context.
In this two-week model exercise, me and my team mate fooused on representing change overtime and what caused that change.
What changes more rapidly than others? What stays the relatively fixed? What kind of change in large scale requires a long period of time?
RISD ARCH 2108, Fall 2022
Two week team work with Yuxuan Chen
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1650s historic intervene
1823 city scale 1849 neighborhood scale 1875 Combination of lot (zoomed-in)
Connecting mashantuckect tribe to Weybosset point
Previous route evolved into main roads of providence city West-end neighborhood road matrix formed in between main roads
credit of teammate in charge :
Chen credit of teammate in charge : Yupeng Chen
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Yuxuan
The Z-axis of model stands for the notion of time Red-Renewed housing Blue- Rubber Company
credit of teammate in charge :
The “Shell“ capped on top of the previous model, stands for the completion rendering of the renew project
credit of teammate in charge : Yuxuan Chen
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Yupeng Chen
The key reveals the history of a lot inside the block
I extracted a key and detailed it with furniture and structural elements.
Furniture layouts were shifting due to the change of program However the supporting beams stays the same, so the beams
credit of teammate in charge : Yupeng Chen
credit of teammate in charge : Yuxuan Chen
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