Portfolio - Yuan Padilla

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YUAN PADILLA FOLIO

ATACAMA WORKSHOP CAPTAINS DOG HOUSE

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ATACAMA DESERT WORKSHOP

REACTING TO THE CLIMATE

Location : El Salvador, Chile

Year : 2023 ( year 2, semester 2 )

The project’s goal is to establish a design workshop facility at a specific location. The main goal of the structure is to foster design activities (discussion, design, making, and presenting) among individuals (students and professionals) from all over the world while also providing a location that values the local environment.

EARTH WORKSHOP

REACTING TO THE CLIMATE

while exploring the site, I came across the concept of using Earth. Further study led me to investigate art forms such as dorodongo, which creates shiny earth balls. These techniques led me to look into rammed earth and use it as my building material while incorporating elements from Japanese craft.

My main goal for the project was to demonstrate the earth’s capabilities, reinvent how we perceive the earth as a construction material, and understand how incorporating the earth can transform the composition of a structure.

Investigating vernacular architecture and how it responds to its surroundings while making use of the environment and resources. Taking inspiration from architecture in hot and dry climate zones, such as cold desert climates, and examining how their ideologies in how they use wind, sun, and other environmental facts to help benefit the architecture, and seeing how we can incorporate these features and modernise the ideas into contemporary architecture.

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CAPTAINS DOG-HOUSE

Location : Morningside, CUHK, Honk Kong

Year : 2023 ( year 2, semester 2 )

Investigating how material reuse might alter our perceptions of architecture. This project is primarily concerned with how we may reuse waste materials, as well as how we commonly neglect waste items and readily reject the worth or possibilities that these materials usually provide. We chose wooden shipping pallets as the primary material with this in mind. One significant cause is Hong Kong’s import culture. Because of geographical limits in Hong Kong, importing commodities has been crucial to the city-state’s economy. As a result, there is an overstock of wooden shipping pallets.

The initiative looks into how we may recycle waste materials, mainly wooden shipping pallets, to produce architecture such as dog homes.

collage + model photos

Location : Broadgate, London

Year : 2022 ( year 2, semester 1 )

This project is inspired by the ideas surrounding the enhancement of sleep through sound, as well as the ideas that sounds can potray a sense of comfort. This ultimately creates a sense of safety and being grounded, with the goal of creating a safe-space for individuals to relax, eventually becoming almost like a second home.

The notion of sound homes evolved from this concept, in which each ‘pod’ has a distinct and specified sound, allowing the user to pick which environment is most suitable for them. For example, sounds of water, the ocean, whales, and white noise are just some examples of the noises played in the pods to elicit diverse feelings and experiences in the user’s brain, allowing for a more relaxed condition.

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SOUND-HOMES SLEEP-PODS

Redefining Homelessness

WASTELAND PROJECT: WORKSHOP

Art studio & recycling centre

Location : Deptford Pier, London

Year : 2022 ( year 1, semester 2 )

The structure was constructed for the artist kahlil chishtee and serves as a studio, exhibition space, and recycling facility.

I developed my notion of industrial features with kinetic architecture from my initial concept models. Because my artist is based in America, the building would be unoccupied. As a result, I devised the concept of a building with both closed and open states. When the building is closed, it becomes a recycling centre; nevertheless, the building may reopen, providing him with a place to reside when in London.

ART STUDIO

EXPLORING MATERIALITY

To make these plastic bricks, I first created a mould out of old and discarded wood that I discovered. I cut and drilled five disassembled wood boards to ensure that I could easily release the plastic bricks after they were set.

To begin, take the plastic and separate and cut it into little bits. I gently applied heat to the plastic using a heat gun, melting it. The size of the plastic shrank dramatically after it was melted. I then added more plastic bags and continued the melting process until it formed a single uniform brick. After each plastic bag addition, I used a spare wooden board to apply pressure on the bricks to remove any trapped air bubbles during the melting process.

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BANANA LEAF WEAVING LOOM

EXPLORING THE VERNACULAR

Location : Kew Gardens, London

Year : 2021 ( year 1, semester 1 )

This initiative reimagines and exhibits Philippine vernacular and history to the rest of the world. Ideas are highlighted and displayed in a new modern light, demonstrating how we may learn from tradition and apply it in today’s society. The initiative creates a workshop that teaches how to transform banana leaves into textiles and materials.

WEAVING PAVILLION EXPLORING

THE VERNACULAR

The pavilion’s design is primarily intended to highlight the usage of banana leaf fabrics. As a result, I opted to have the building’s facade ‘wrapped’ in the fabric. Furthermore, the fabric that would cover the pavilion would be connected to the internal loom, so as additional thread is spun, the fabric around the structure would likewise move and alter.

The illustrations depict the many potential stages of the fabric and elevation of the building, because the length of the fabric is determined by the quantity knitted by the building’s users.