Architecture Portfolio_Yunyi Chen

CHEN YUNYI M.Arch, UC Berkeley, USA, 2019-2021 B.Arch, Tianjin University, China, 2013-2018

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01 [ VERTICAL COMMUNITY ] A SHARING HOUSE IN AN INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL AREA | TOKYO, JAPAN

My works are inspired by the collective tactics from various perspective, such as community relationship and urban context, which show the complex and dynamic power emerging from the interaction between elements instead of designing from the whole. Through my architecture study in different projects, I attempt to learn from the rules of the complex system in the existent context and adopt it to my design.

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A MODERN TRAM STATION ADJACENT TO THE ANCIENT CITY WALL | ROME, ITALY

03 [ MEMORIAL CRATER ] A CULTURE CENTER IN WAR-BOMBED RUINS | BAGHDAD, IRAQ

04 [ LIBRARY PLUS ]

A LIBRARY RENOVATION TO ELIMINATE THE ALIENATION OF OLD BUILDING | TIANJIN, CHINA

05 [ BOUNDLESS GALLERY ] A GELLARY FOR JACKSON POLLOCK, AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER | LONG ISLAND, USA

01 [VERTICAL COMMUNITY] A SHARING HOUSE IN AN INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL AREA

Project Type: Shared House Site: Tokyo, Japan Building Area: 700 ㎥ Date Of Project: Feb. - Apr. 2016 Instructor: Zhang Xinnan (pavilion_artisan@tju.edu.cn) Wang Di (didarch_tju@163.com)

The shared house is located in the high-density residential area of Japan, Tianmen District. Because the government adopt a land management of dividing the land into small pieces, it strengthens the intensive land use pattern and creates a unique urban context in Tokyo. The project site is 9m*12m and has a height limit of 31m. In this design I attempt to apply the small-scale urban context to the vertical dimension.

The combination of the vertical structure and the circulation system is used as the basis of framework, and the unified modules that makes full use of the tiny building space according to the furniture scale are attached to the structural system.

The changeable and flexible units can be used in different combinations according to different residents. Under the condition of ensuring ventilation and lighting, the private space can be combined according to personal preference. The public space in the building can be arranged according to the preferences of the surrounding residents, so the building can produce rich and responsive neighbor relationships.

Room Of Furnitures

Flexible modules are designed based on the study of human activities with a furniture scale. The study explore various possibilities of the occupation of two size units, the intimate interaction between human occupants and module space.

After figuring out the two sizes of the modules, I try to combine modules to hold various activities of life and working environment. It not only meets the need of individuals but also creates in-between space, providing share space and communication opportunities.

Miniature CityConcentrated functions

City As A Room

Solitary Space

Stairs Modules

Plants Container

Storage Cabinet

Multi-function Table

Terrace

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Corridor

The shared house is located in the high-density residential area of Japan, Tianmen District. Because the government adopt a land management of dividing the land into small pieces, it strengthens the intensive land use pattern and creates a unique urban context in Tokyo. The project site is 9m*12m and has a height limit of 31m. In this design I attempt to apply the small-scale urban context to the vertical dimension.

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Balcony

Sports Space

Entrance

Fixed Structure & Flexible Module

The sharing house adopts a fixed core structure system, which enables the creating of hanging flexible modules. By adding and moving flexible modules, we can have different space combinations according to different residents.

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2.Secondary structure

3.Flexible Modules

Fabricated Structure Detail

Modules Combination

The two modules of different size and can be combined to create flexible space type. The big size module is used as the main work and living space while the small size one is used as store or connection.

Mobility of Modules

Modules are made in advance and hanged to the core structure on the site.

Public & Private Cluster

Surrounded by sharing space, activities in the public space can be seen by people in their private space, providing the interaction and communication between private and sharing space.

Public spaces on different levels have different hobby themes and are surrounded by different groups of private rooms. People can choose to build private modules on different level and get close to people who share the same interests.

Sharing Space Between Private Modules By adding and moving flexible modules, residence will have different space combinations, which will introduce new personal and spatial relationships.

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28.2m Floor Plan

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The Center of the Share House - Main Sharing Space

The Roof of Modules - Semi-Sharing Space

Spatial Decentralization The project provides a fixed structure and to hold the modules. It gives residence opportunities to choose the level they live and the neighbors they are close to.

02 [ STATION PARK ] A MODERN TRAM STATION ADJACENT TO THE ANCIENT CITY WALL

Project Type: Tram Station Complex Site: Rome, Italy Building Area: 7000 ㎥ Date of Project: Oct. - Dec. 2016 Instructor: Sinan Yuan (yuansinan@tju.edu.cn )

Dating back to 2500 years ago, Rome has various remarkable history heritage and relics. These historical components establish the fundamental city impression of Rome and still play an important role in contemporary design of the city. However, the ancient city wall in Rome was a boundary to define the ancient city while in the contemporary society it become an obstacle blocking the connections of different areas and is prevented from the modern life with passive protection of historical relics. This project is located on one of the important node of the city wall, Porta Maggiore, which I attempt to design with the respect of.

This project attempts of revive the original function of Porta Maggiore by creating a new tram station underground and transforming the traffic island into a station park. The project offers a new travel experience as visitors will go through the park first when they go in and out of the city by tram.

Rome Porta Maggiore Isolated In A Traffic Island Porta Maggiore is isolated by Tramlines and Motor Way.

Tram Line

Ancient Wall

Motor Way

Porta Maggiore

A Park Above A Station

The park and the underground tram station is connected by several courtyard. People go in and out of the tram station through the park.

Tram Station - Relics Park

The park and the underground tram station is connected by several courtyard. People go out of the tram station to the city through the park.

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Shopping Square

Exhibition Courtyard

Conneciton Park Station Entrance

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Station Entrance

Underground Station Connection Amphitheater Secondary Entrance

Tram Station

Activities At Connection Zones

The connections between underground station and the park are different function zones and there are various activities.

Activities In the Station Park 1. Amphitheater 2. Station Entrance 3. Tram Station Stop 4. Office Entrance 5. The Ancient Wall 6. Porta Maggiore

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7. Cafe 8. Station Courtyard 9.Exhibtion Courtyard 10. Shopping Square 11. Roma Temini

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The ancient wall will be perfect as a background for roman cultural shows in the park. It is also a connection between the park and the station so it provides an opportunity for travelers a glance of the show on the way to the station.

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Ground Floor Plan | Porta Maggiore Park

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Cafe Surrounded By The Green

The pavilion building is an ambiguous layer to loosely identify boundary of the park space and traffic road. The pavilion also serves as a recreation space for cafe, where is surrounded by the green.

Underground Floor Plan | Station Complex The underground of the park station enjoys complex functions of exhibition, shopping, office, restaurant and other entertainment.

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Reminiscence Exhibition The background of the ancient wall in exhibition zone gives visitors a chance to get a glance at the ancient Rome city wall when they are appreciating the art works. In this way they can revive the collective memory of the ancient wall.

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1. Amphitheater 2. Station Entrance 3. Tram Station Stop 4. Office Entrance 5. The Ancient Wall 6. Porta Maggiore 7. Cafe 8. Station Courtyard 9.Exhibtion Hall 10. Shopping Square 11. Office Zone 12. Shopping Zone 13. Reading Space 14. Restaurant 15. Washroom 16.Tram Line

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Revival Of the Porta Maggiore In the past, Porta Maggiore is the entrance of the city. Now we revive his historical function and make it the first stop of Rome visitors by tram.

03 [ MEMORIAL CRATER ] A CULTURE CENTER IN WAR-BOMBED RUINS

Project Type: Design Center Site: Baghdad, Iraq Building Area: 2000 ㎥ Date Of Project: Aug. 2018 Academic Individual Work

The site, as a remnant destroyed by the war, exists in the state of ruins, inviting people to think about history and the future. In stark contrast to the lively atmosphere of the surrounding lively city, the remaining walls seem to define the opposite of the surrounding atmosphere. The project aims to preserve and strengthen the spiritual atmosphere, providing people in the city a place to temporarily be separated from daily life. It is the response to the loss of Baghdad in the war that building a commemorative and spiritual art gallery on the ruins after the explosion and providing people with a commemorative history and a place to examine the heart.

Bombed Ruins The building, as a remnant destroyed by the war, exists in the state of ruins, inviting people to think about history and future. This project aims to strengthen the existing spiritual atmosphere to provide people a place separated from daily life.

View from the inside

Building a commemorative and spiritual art gallery on the ruins after the explosion, providing people with a commemorative history and a place to examine the heart, is our response to the spirit of "Rebirth".

View from the outside

Reminiscence Core

Envision Core

Lively Surrounding The site is located in the bustling district of the Iraqi capital, surrounded by many historical and cultural buildings, as well as a wealth of public events such as bookstores, public green spaces and markets.

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Abbasid Palace

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Process Diagram

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Reminiscence Core

It is isolated from the outside by high-rise curved walls, leaving only water, walls and sky to create a quiet atmosphere. When people look down at the reflection of the sky in the water, they sink into silence. In the recall, they may miss their relatives and friends who they lost in the war.

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1. Envision Core 2. Reminiscence Core 3. Cafe 4. Reception 5. Workshop Space 6. Office 7. Library 8. Exhibition Room 9. Washroom 10. Exhibition Corridor 11. Main Entrance

First Floor Plan

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The skylight through the dormer in the Envision Core leads visitors to sit down and watch the moving clouds in the sky. Then visitors have a chance to be isolated from the trivial matter in daily life, to calm down themselves and to think about the future of themselves.

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1.Exhibition Core 2.Exhibition Hall 3. Library 4.Exhibition Corridor 5. Memorial Core 6. Existing Wall 7. Rooftop

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Two Cores Surrounded By Functional Spaces

Geometry Circulation to Use

Circulation Of Visitors

The functional spaces of the art center, such as exhibition hall, office and workshop spaces surrounds the two core space. In the front part of the art center, the exhibition core is surrounded by the functions opened to everyday visitors, such as reception, ordinary exhibition and cafe. In the back part of the art center, the memorial core is surrounded by more private functions, such as artist workshops and offices. The exhibition corridor around the memorial core is also a special exhibition area for specific exhibitions. As the two core space are connected by the negative layers, visitors could go into the memorial core to commemorate the past without disturbing artists' work on the first floor.

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1.Reception 2.Wroshop 3. Library 4.Courtyard 5. Office

Rooftop Corridor The original wall is separated from the new building, leaving a space for skylights to scatter into the interior of the building along the original wall.

A Dialogue with the Existing Wall New walls echoes the existing walls and have various interesting relationships it in different interior spaces. The existing wall is exposed in some internal spaces, acting as the historical background of activities in the art center.

DETAILS OF DORMER ROOF The original wall is separated from the new building, leaving a space for skylights to scatter into the interior of the building along the original wall.

DETAILS OF WALL The original wall was retained as the background of the indoor spaces, and the function of the original wall window was restored.

Workshop Space The original wall is exposed in some interior spaces and become a background of indoors activities, reflecting the symbiosis between the old wall and the new wall.

04 [ LIBRARY PLUS ] LIBRARY RENOVATION TO ELIMINATE THE OLD BUILDING ALIENATION

Project Type: Campus Library Site: Tianjin China Building Area: 4000 ㎥ Date of Project: Mar.-May 2016 Instructor: Zhang Xinnan (pavilion_artisan@tju.edu.cn) Wang Di (didarch_tju@163.com)

Campus should be full of vitality, but many old buildings in campus are monotonous and closed because of the limited conditions when they are built. Built in 1975, the space of old library in this project is organized in a mechanistic way and the rooms are separated by solid walls from each other. The study space in the library is also separated from the nature surroundings, where there are many tall trees providing comfortable atmosphere for reading. Thus, a new library attached to the old one is designed to eliminate the alienation of the old library and turn the library into an active cultural place in the campus.

The new library adopts the way of creating multiple activities space in the new library and on the multi-level connection of the two library to change isolation into openness. The transition in the project is not only applied between the old library and the new one, it also exits between the library zone and the campus.

Eliminate the Alienation of the Old Library The old library, built in 1975, is organized by simple corridors. The small and mechanistic rooms are separated by walls from each other. The library now does not provide poetic reading spaces nor active group room. It is also isolated from the lively surroundings, where there are some tall trees

1. Two "U" Volume Response to the volume of the old library

2. Horizontal and Vertical Adaptation Response to the view and existing trees

3. Multi-level Connections Connected with the old library

4. Roof Greenhouses Create outdoor activities on the roof

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Flexible Space Organization Instead of organizing with simple corridors, the volume surround the two courtyard and arranged in U shapes. Except for the main courtyard space, the undefined outdoor space offers possibilities of people's way of using it. The flexible organization of volumes also invites people's creation of the use of space.

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1.Amphitheatre 2.Book Storage 3. Courtyard 4.Groupwork Space 5. Reading Room 6. Circulation 7. Leaving Hall

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Rooftop Activity Circulation Cell Book Storage Courtyard 2

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Multi-Level Connection Different kind of connection are created in different function zone. The connection is not only for the communication between the two part but also become flexible activity stages with undefined function.

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Amphitheatre Attached To the Old Library

Reading Courtyard

The Old library becomes the background of the center space of the new one.

The new library provide more open and flexible reading space for students.

1.Amphitheatre 2.Book Storage 3. Courtyard 4.Groupwork Space 5. Reading Room

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05 [ BOUNDLESS GALLERY ] A GALLERY FOR AN ABSTRACT PAINTER, JACKSON POLLOCK

Project Type: Gallery Site: East Hampton, Long Island Building Area: 2000 ㎥ Date of Project: Jun.-Jul. 2016 Instructor: Zhang Xinnan (pavilion_artisan@tju.edu.cn) Wang Di (didarch_tju@163.com)

When I attempt to use architecture language to translate artwork, I try to focus on the feeling and message that is conveyed from the artwork to the audience.

Jackson Pollock is one of the major figures in the abstract expressionist movement. His painting technique of pouring and dripping enables the work reflects the overlap of his various movement over time in one piece. Besides, by defying the convention of painting on an upright surface, he added a new dimension by being able to view and apply paint to his canvases from all directions, which makes his painting seem boundless.

With the combination of arc surface, the project attempts to create an architecture which overlaps layers itself and has endless surface to reflect the impressive characteristics in Pollock’s painting.

Volume Within one continue surface, the project attempts to create overlap layers without clear definition among floor, ceiling and wall, which reflects the characteristics of boundlessness of Jackson Pollock's work.

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Jackson Pollock BOUNDLESSNESS | OVERLAP OF LAYERS

Prototype There are twelve basic types of the arc surface combination that enable the continuity of layers. The combination also creates different ways of exhibition and various interaction between outdoors and indoors

1.Reception 2.Exhibition Hall 3. Cafe 4.Television Studio

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First Floor Plan OVERLAP OF LAYERS | The space is organized by a continuous surface, which itself can be wall, roof and floor. The surface overlaps itself and naturally separate several functional spaces with loose boundary.

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Front Elevation AMBIGUITY | From the view of the front, people can have a glance of the inner space through the ambiguous surface layers.

1. Reception 2. Exhibition Hall 3. Cafe 4. Television Studio

5. Courtyard 6. Office 7. Washroom 8. Exhibition Platform

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Wall Structure

Interior Platform

01 waterproof concrete 02 glass curtainwall frame 03 glass slats on steel construction 04 printed steel construction 05 T-beam 06 insulating glass 07 insulation, mineral wool

01 double-layered frosted glass 02 safety glass 03 handrail: 60*20mm steel 04 printed steel construction 05 tie 06 air space 07 ready-made frame for handrail 08 convector heater grate

1:50 Detail Section Model The project attempts to utilize the modern material, steel construction to create a continuous surface, which form the wall, roof and floor of the building. To enhance the ambiguity and the feeling of overlapped layers, the project also adopt glass in various part of the building, such as insulation and floor.

Spatial Ambiguity Although the wall is a solid boundary, an interface to define an area, modern material such as glass provides an opportunity of creating an ambiguous boundary, an interface allowing the overlap of the visual image.

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