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2020 fall the connection

2020 - 2021

SUSTAINABLE REVIVAL OF HERITAGE BUILDING IN URBAN AREA (SHANGHAI) This project seeks to provide solutions to preserve the heritage buildings in the rapidly developing urban area of shanghai with sustainable strategies. How can an architect reverse this situation and revitalize the forgotten heritage buildings? This project creates an interacting space for the public that can create a cooperative relationship to ensure that historical culture is not destroyed by urban development and transformation.

The Connection is an architectural design for a STEM high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, focusing on building performance, daylighting, and the life cycle environment. According to COTE Top Ten toolkit, Architecture 2030 targets, and Living Building Challenge as a design guide, the purpose of the project is to design a school building with environmental protection performance in Central Plains.

2020 spring Thr crystal

The crystal is the accumulation of nature while the Wagner Center is the accumulation of Mr. Wagner. With the inspiration of a crystal, the Wagner free institution of Science Education Center is surrounding with a mineral exterior facade. People stepping into the education center to different spaces is a process of revealing the mystery of the crystal. The new Wagner Center is located in the south of the Original Wagner building, like the crystal, the new Wagner Center also embodies the layering in its design. A “bridge” is in dialogue with the original building and the new addition as a connection from the second floor.

Blooming Bellefonte farmers market & education center

2019 fall

reuse Pittsburgh terminal building Re-use existing buildings design project based on an industrial building in Pittsburgh to include different residential solutions with hybrid programs, providing creative solutions to raise high and sustainable densities for the cities.

A continued semester project, starting with the design of a stall for farmer’s market. Then expanded to the landscape design of farmer’s market. Lastely, an urban infill project to design an educational building for the community. The building situated at the heart of Bellefonte adjacent to two major architectural buildings.

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2018 - now Visual Works

Visual works of the past three years, including sketches, models, and photography.

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SHNAGHAI, CHINA

SUSTAINABLE REVIVAL OF HERITAGE BUILDING IN URBAN AREA (SHANGHAI) 2020 - 2021 individual work

efore the emergence of the urban landscape, the buildings in the city had their own characteristics to represent the spirit of the city and the tradition of the residents. The rapid development of the city will create a situation

for the public that no matter where they are, they This project seeks to provide solutions to preserve

“reconstructed” transformation of the old city area,

the heritage buildings in the rapidly developing

with major demolition and construction, resulting

urban area of shanghai with sustainable strategies.

in the appearance of cities becoming similar. We as

How can an architect reverse this situation and re-

the young generation are not only focusing on the

vitalize the forgotten heritage buildings? This proj-

development of the city but also want to review our

ect creates an interacting space for the public that

roots of the tradition and culture. If we don’t control

can create a cooperative relationship to ensure that

this “reconstruction” trend anymore, it will cause

historical culture is not destroyed by urban develop-

irreversible losses to Shanghai’s long-term develop-

ment and transformation.

ment. The revival of heritage buildings is a way for us to protect the precious cultural resources in the

The program will combine residential, commercial,

old city.

and the museum, in this way to provide the public an immersing experience back to the early times in Shanghai old town. It’s not only a community center but also an experiential museum of history for the users and the neighborhood. Besides the museum, the add-on proposes adding similar boxes to many of the city’s heritage buildings to improve living conditions while preserving the vernacular urban fabric.

hai, like many cities across China, has adopted a

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feel like in the same city. Over the decades, Shang-

site analysis OLD TOWN

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SHNAGHAI,

he heritage buildings in Shanghai are what we call the vernacular architecture that is the building for people’s everyday life. The location of Shanghai’s Old Town is in Shanghai Central City. It has the best internal integrity and the largest area with Shanghai’s traditional culture. With the accumulation of time, a unique old Shanghai cultural label is gradually brewing. It is like a mirror that reflects the life

and changes of people in Shanghai. Compared with other old town areas, Shanghai’s old town has a very complicated background and a special historical low position. Thus, the revival of these heritage buildings needs to be considered to revitalize the neighborhood. Yuyuan. The Garden of Delight is one of the most popular destinations for Shanghai tourists, yet it is mostly a simulation. It is Shanghai’s last example of a classical Chinese garden, even though almost nothing remains of the original layout or purpose.

STAKEHOLDER JOURNEY MAP

site analysis STRATIGES For this project, I want to apply adaptive reuse as a strategy, on one hand, to preserve the original buildings, on the other hand, to improve the current conditions for the public to create a different experience.

This project will create an interacting space for the public that can create a cooperative relationship to ensure that historical culture is not destroyed by urban development and transformation. The program will combine residential, commercial, and the museum, in this way to provide the public an immersing experience back to the early times in Shanghai old town. It’s not only a community center but also an experiential museum of history for the users and the neighborhood.

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PROGRAMS

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cafe

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he glass box proposes adding similar boxes to many of the city’s heritage buildings to improve living conditions while preserving the vernacular ur-

ban fabric. The change in the living conditions of local residents is required for the neighborhood. Progress does not necessarily call for large-scale construction – it can occur as interventions at a small scale. Using the site as a starting point, Like could have many different programs like an external staircase, cafe, community kitchen, and observation box for the city. Its transparent reflecting exterior finish

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shown in this diagram, The glass box

the surroundings and allow people inside to interact with the exterior world. The box inserted into the urban fabric, functions like magnets, attracting new people, activities, and resources to reactivate entire neighborhoods. They exist in symbiosis with the old housing. The boxes transform into different programs to provide for the community’s various needs, thereby allowing local residents to continue living in these old neighborhoods. In time, these interventions will become part of Shanghai’s history, and form a new layer within the urban tissue.

staire + kitchen

like an alien creature, but could reflect

views

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site models

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models

2020 fall group work

the connection he Connection is an architectural design for a STEM high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, focusing on building performance, daylighting, and the life cycle environment. According to COTE Top Ten Toolkit, Archi-

tecture 2030 targets, and Living Building Challenge as a design guide, the purpose of the project is to design a school building with environmental protection performance in Central Plains. Based on this, the concept of our project is to create

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a high-Performance building. Through this design, we can provide users and this neighborhood with an environmentally friendly and sustainable space, contribute to people’s health, and encourage learning and deliberation activities. Considering the site’s proximity to the Monongahela River and urban open space, the entire project offers excellent views from both south and west. To eliminate the boundary between the building and the outdoor space, and uses ramps to connect the roof to the ground, providing a more open and flexible way to approach the higher level. The roof of the third floor acts as a big rooftop platform, providing open outdoor spaces for a variety of activities. From the third-floor platform up, we divide the building into two towers which provides more light to the interior space Both towers and podium buildings have atriums and skylights that bring in natural light into the building. The two towers are connected by a bridge, create an outdoor terrace while allowing different functions to connect. At the same time, an extended roof is used as a supplement to shading in the south.

Design for Equitable CommunitiesHERE By radiating the entire Pittsburgh area, it is closely connected with the surrounding city functions, the surrounding environment of the site and the activities of people.This project contributes to creating a diverse, accessible, walkable, just, human-scaled community.At the same time, creating various open spaces increases the connection of people.

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Design for Discovery By placing aprominent screen in the lobby, the users of the building are shown how the whole building works and how to achieve high performance.

Design for Change Through the flexible layout of the gymnasium and learning space, a flexible, multi-function- al space is achieved, and it is ready for future expansion. At the same time, the use of renewable energy and recyclable materials makes the it a resilient and adaptable building.

Design for Wellbeing Building section showing two atrium space that serves as the primary means of vertical natural ventilation and daylight. Operable windows also allow natural ventilation. Prismatic louvers and vertical shading devices prevent direct sunlight to the interior spaces.

Relationship Immediate Context

Entrances & Parking

ASE

View

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Accessibility

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Open Space

Design for Water The site and rooftop are both designed to capture stormwater, which will be reused for building usage and site irrigation. The overflow from the collection could be used for the irrigation of the urban open space adjacent to the site. The greywater collected from the building will also be collected and treated on-site for reuse. By using low-flow fixtures and stormwater collection, about 88% of indoor and 83% of outdoor usage will be reduced.

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Stormwater

Design for Ecosystems

The high school is located on the site adjacent to the urban ope green and the Monongahela River. In order to emphasize and pr will protect the existing vegetation next to the site and incorpor vegetation diversity and protect biodiversity.

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en space and close to the Hazelwood rotect ecological diversity, the design rate more local vegetation to improve

Design for Integration

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The whole project started from the concept of connection, and wanted to create a high performance building that interacts with the outdoor space and environment. And designed different effective strategies to achieve benefits based on the triple bottom line of social, economic, and environmental value. Such as effective heating, access to clean energy, efficient shading, open spaces and accessible roofs, etc.

collective elevations collective elevations

SOUTH-WEST

SOUTH-EAST

Local material and renewable material selection could reduce transportation and material costs. The design utilize the wate treatment fixtures, building system adjustment, and renewable energy to improve the building performance to decrease the operational cost.

By improving the building envelope, adjusting the schedule and temperature, and optimizing the building system, and solar panel as the energy supplement, the building EUI exceed the 2030 building EUI target at 25

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Design for Energy

Design for Economy

NORTH-EAST

NORTH-WEST

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Design for Resource

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Based on the Tally result of the building division, we can see metal is the material as the struc- tural material that has the most impact on the environment. The building chooses metal, a local material of Pittsburgh, to reduce embodied carbon emissions.

east elevation

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the crystal

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2020 spring individual work

he crystal is the accumulation of nature while the Wagner Center is the accumulation of Mr. Wagner. With the inspiration of a crystal, the Wagner free institution of Science Education Center is surrounding with a mineral exterior facade. People stepping into the education center to different spaces is a process of revealing the mystery of the crystal. The new Wagner Center is located in the

south of the Original Wagner building, like the crystal, the new Wagner Center also embodies the layering in its design. A “bridge” is in dialogue with the original building and the new addition as a connection from the second floor.

SITE ANALYSIS CLIMATE REGION

DAILY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION

DRY BULE & RELATIVE HUMIDI

March~May

The climate region of Philadelphia, PA (showing on the map with a circle), based on the ASHRAE 90.1 is climate zone 4A defined as Mixed – Humid, which is characterized by hot, muggy summers and moderately cold winters. PSYCHROMETRIC CHART

The chance of wet days in Philadelphia varies throughout the year, which the drier season lasts 7 months. The precipitation includes both snowfall and rainfall. Summer is relative more precipitation than winter.

ASHRAE STANDARD 55 - 2004 USING PMV

Sept.~Nove.

The hum extreme period of the sum added to

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Based on tation of cause m south. T the summ buildings lower or needs to the build building comfort around t ing.

From the we can se are outsid In order to comfort z essary w needs to b lation of th part of the GROUND TEMPERATURE (MONTHLY AVERAGE)

TEMPERATURE RANGE

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Fro the tem can see both the a pretty cold some heat building. REFERENCE https://openei.org/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania_ASHRAE_169-2006_Climate_Zone https://www.windfinder.com/?utm_source=www.windfinder.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=redirect#3/49.5042/9.5421 https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/windrose.html WRPLOT View 3.5 by Lakes Environmental Software - www.lakes-environmental.com https://weatherspark.com/y/22721/Average-Weather-in-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania-United-States-Year-Round Data from Climate Constaltant 6.0

SUN PATH

ITY

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SUN ALTITUDES

site analysis

June~August

SUN SHADING CHART

Dec.~Feb.

SUN CHART

on the sun data analysis, the good orienthe building is towards the south, bemost of the sunlight comes from the The sun altitude is about 70 degrees at mer solstice. However, the surrounding s are mostly three-floor high, which is similar to the building height, shading o be considered during the summer for lding. Meanwhile, during winter, the needs some heating to make people during winter. There are four thees the building that can be used for shad-

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midity variation in Philadelphia has seasonal change. The muggier f the year lasts for 4 months during mmer. Humidification needs to be o design during dry winter.

psychrometric chart, ee most of the points de the comfort zone. o move them into the zone, heating is necwhile humidity also be considered. Ventihe building could use e natural ventilation.

The wind rose plot shows wind during winter mostly comes from the north-west; during summer mostly comes from the south-west. Thus, the natural ventilation-orientation should from the west for the building.

mperature chart, we that during winter, air and ground are that needs to design ating system for the

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SITE PLAN

model

SUMMER

energy strategies

winter During winter, heating is the biggest energy consumption. The second floor is set back from the roof of the first floor, which makes sunlight could access the whole space to gain heat that is a passive solar method for lower building energy. The darker color of the exterior facade could help for heat collection. A radiant Floor heating system is installed for this building. The ground, roof, and floor, as the thermal mass, release the heat gained during the night to warm the space. Solar energy produces electricity, which is used as the source of heat generation to provide more heat for the building.

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Based on the data we got from the site analysis, Philadelphia’s humidity in summer is in the comfort zone. With the higher atrium roof in the center, the stack effect could be used as a natural ventilation passive strategy for the building design. The operable skylight on the second floor could also work for natural ventilation. Also, add the solar panels on the roof of the second level, which is the photovoltaics technique used as a power generator with solar energy year-round. The floors and roof could also be used as the thermal mass, that could release energy gathered at night to cool down space. Meanwhile, with the angled roof hiding the sewer at the edge, rainwater could be collected for reuse in the garden.

architecture and light: daylighting

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GLASS CANOPY The glass canopy is used for the atrium covered with the translucent solar panel.Daylighting is allowed to the courtyard, while thesolar panel could be usedfor shading and provideenergy.

architecture and light: electrical lighting

LIGHT COLORAS

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A CIRCULATION SPACE, THE LIGHT DESIGN MAINLY TO BE GENERAL LIGHTING WITH A LITTLE BIT WARMER APPARENT COLOR TO WELCOMEPEOPLE (ABOUT 4000-5000 KELVIN). IN ORDER TO LEAD PEOPLE BETWEEN TEH SPACES AND EMPHSICE THE ENTRANCE, SPOT LUMINAIRES ARE ADDED TO EACH ENTRANCE.

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architecture and life safety system

hvac system

ent layers in and cooling em from HVAC the SYSTEM achieve that e, it will hide PRECEDENT STUDY he wall, �oor, f different layers in and cooling heating and Appearance cooling & Functions: hidden in the To emphasize the concept of different layers in on system from the crystal, en inside the rder to achieve thatIt will separate the heating and cooling system with the air ventilation system from the erent zoning earance, it will hide different spatial systems. In order to achieve that rolofsystem of �oor, sh the wall, and provide an invisible appearance, it will hide eating system and these cooling oling systems inside the �nish of the wall, �oor, ystem in ceiling the systems. The heating and cooling and ump. hidden The PV system will be a �uid �oor system hidden in the sy are hidden inside the at pump. �oor construction. The pipes are hidden inside the

PV PANELS

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PV PANELS

For diﬀerent zoning construction of �oors (FG.�). For diﬀerent zoning al control system of

areas, it will have an individual control system of ed the wall andincooling system those spaces. The heating and cooling system le thepump. return heat The PV could generate through the heat pump. The PV The return is provides electricity for the heat pump. the heat pump. system ugh a ceiling The air supply system will be adopted in the wall adopted the wall m could in intewith the supply outlet, while the return let, thestructure ral while atrium toreturn intake hidden in the ceiling structure. The return is ucture. The return is similar to the precedent diagram through a ceiling ing units are am through a ceiling

input (FG.1). The air ventilation system could inte-

n system could integrate with the clerestory to the central atrium to he central atrium create to the stack eﬀect. The air handling units are r handling units arein the basement. located loc

ELECTRICAL ROOOM

HEAT PUMP

ELECTRICAL ROOOM

HEAT PUMP

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acoustics

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the envelope as a system

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Reuse Pittsburgh Terminal Building

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2020 spring collective work

e-use existing buildings design project based on an industrial building in Pittsburgh to include different residential solutions

with hybrid programs, providing creative solutions to raise high and sustainable densities for the cities.

residential

circulation

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public

terminal way & ground llevel

special

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models

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special spaces

CAFE

EXHIBITION GATHERING SPACE

COMMERCIAL

EXISTING BUILDING

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TYPE 1

housing types TYPE 2 transverse section 84’-0” 81’-0”

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TYPE 4 Level 8 96' - 0"

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Level 4 45' - 0"

Level 3 33' - 0"

Level 2 19' - 0"

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Blooming Bellefonte farmers market & education center 2019 spring individual work

BloomingHive

he projects are focusing on the edible flower. Starting from my stall, the concept was inspired by the flower paddle to use the free curve as the structure covered with the wire netting or fibers to create an enclosed volume. The base of my stall is regular triangular made ofwood

with some standing table connected with the base. With that shape, it is easy to makedifferent combinations of the stall. The wire netting can be removed by intent to create threedifferent phases. The first one is to make the stall open two way, and by lining then together,it could create a corridor with the stall. The second phase just leaves one surface of thestall open, which can create a marketplace for the farmers market; displaying the products; planting the flower in that stall. The last one is to make the stall very enclosed by coveringall the surfaces, which could create storage space. The whole stall is easy to disassem-

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bloomingpark ontinue with the stall, my landscape design also uses the curvatures.Our site for the landscape design is close to the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society at Tallyrand Park, and there also have an edible land-scape garden across our site in the south. My design also includes anedible flower garden, which could be

an extension of that garden theyalready have. By changing the topography, I want to create two different experiences for people went there. People come along the Dunlapstreet could have a view of the playground, farmers market, and the agriculture area for the edible flower. Following the path on the site,people can get close to the walkway along the water. On this level, peo-ple can choose to sit at the stadium seating area to enjoy the waterfront area. For the walkway, I also design different spaces for people to have different interactions with water.

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site model

education center

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n urban infill project to design an educational building for the community. The building situated at the heart of Bellefonte adjacent to two major architectural buildings. I want to design this building for the community to let people know and learn more about the edible flower and have a chance to experience

how the process goes and theproducts made from the edible flowers. The building includes an auditorium room and a garden on the first floor, continue to the second is the edible flower restaurant and food store, on top of that, is the study area with the office.Sit on the very top is a roof topo cafe towards the site for landscape and a garden. On the back, of the site, I use the same geometry from my stall to create the greenhouse for the edible flower. Because of the slope on our site, people can have different access to the building on a different level. The building is different from the adjacent buildings, it has a curved concrete wall on the north facade with openings for the light. On the south, the floors hang over the facade to create some canopies and a balcony for each floor.The plans drive from a grid system for the structure. Room-to-room connections are achieved by curving glass walls and curtains to create a flowing interior space.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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06 2018 - now individual work

models color cube, 2019

thesis model, 2020

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squash model, 2019

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photography

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sketch

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detail sketch, 2019

corbilletti drawing, 2019

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corbilletti drawing, 2020