Instructor: Britt Eversole
08/29/2022 - 12/01/2022
Houston, TX, USA.
The purpose of this architectural design is to design a wind tunnel laboratory to test the urban fabric. The most important design theme of this semester is to use imagination to design a very cool industrialized building. Prior to the design, the research on dust particles showed that dust has a marking effect on the city. The amount of dust particles deposited can reflect the economic development, population and industrialization of the city. Therefore, the incorporation of different material particles into the wind tunnel experiment is a good way to simulate the response of the model city buildings to sandstorms, snowstorms, typhoons and rainstorms in the experimental site. This can be of great help in helping to improve the urban fabric arrangement. For the wind tunnel laboratory building itself, the building is mainly developed outward from the large wind tunnel experiment machine in the middle. On one side of the wind tunnel laboratory is a walkway for visitors and a monitoring room for staff to operate. On the other side there is an operating room for trucks and vans to deliver model cargo. The main process of the test is to create a strong airflow through the huge wind turbine engine to the particle storage room, and then the airflow carries the particles through the pressure control room to accelerate or decelerate to form the final airflow mixture to the models in the test site. In addition, the architectural design part of the building has a very large canopy at the top. This canopy creates a very large top outdoor space that provides a space for staff to relax. There is an additional platform out of the machine's air outlet to provide visitors with the opportunity to feel the powerful wind. Thus, overall, as an industrial building design, this building combines tourism, factory and testing in one of the most unique buildings in the city.
ARC 208 Architecture Studio Final Project
Individual Project
Instructor: Benjamin Joost Vanmuysen
03/22/2022 - 05/02/2022
Kanawha River, WV, USA.
This architectural design project uses passive water purification to purify the lake water and introduce it into the bathing center for the guests' use. The site for this project is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Kanawha River in West Virginia, USA. The river is surrounded by a number of light and heavy industrial areas. This has led to serious pollution of the river. A passive approach to water purification is a good option to remind people of water quality and ecological issues. As a bathing center, the area is divided into three main sections. The three sections are at three different heights, which allows the water to flow by gravity from the clean water area to the lower bathing area and then by gravity to the secondary clean water area. In the water purification area has a water quality collection area and research area, where scientists can study and analyze the presence of impurities in the river. The main water purification method is mainly through algae and some other marine life to play a similar way to activated carbon to help purify the polluted water. This minimizes the use of electronic devices. The purified water will flow to the second part of the bathing area through a canal that winds through the site area. These canals are not only used to lengthen the water purification process, but also form a landscape design. Guests visiting and bathing in the lake can see the evolution of the water. The last part also has a small purification area to help purify the wastewater after bathing. Thus, the overall design is a relaxing bathing center and a research center for the study of river effluent.
Instructor: Timothy Stenson
10/12/2021 - 12/10/2021
Syracuse, NY, USA
The goal of this architectural design is to design a community center for the city. The main role of this community center is to integrate sports and library as a new central new landmark building. At the beginning of the design, the analysis of the urban fabric of the urban center of Snow City allowed the building to comply with the way the building is designed around the courtyard. From a bird's eye view, the middle part of the building is a large open courtyard. This is more than the same way as the buildings that already exist around it. In addition, the functional distribution of the basketball court as the body of the building and the library as the mind of the building allows the first floor to be used as an office area, the second and third floors as a sports area, and the uppermost floor as a library area. In order to better interconnect the building with the surrounding urban traffic. A driveway through the interior of the building on the first floor allows pedestrians and motor vehicles to enter and exit the building more easily. The materials and façade are designed with a large amount of glass in order to emphasize the iconic rows of the social center. This not only provides good light to the interior but also differentiates it from the surrounding building materials. As a result, the building as a whole integrates sports and intellectual learning, creating a place for Syracuse citizens and students to socialize, learn and play sports.
Instructor: Timothy Stenson
08/30/2021 - 10/12/2021
Syracuse, NY, USA.
The main design objective of this work is to design a shared commune project located in the heart of Syracuse, NY. The project will provide a space for local Syracuse citizens and students to meet and become a marketplace during the weekend. The building is divided into three main sections: a public performance area on the left, a vertical marketplace area on the right, and an office area in the back half. The building's form and use of materials were analyzed by analyzing the building materials and traffic flow around the center of Syracuse, and the building at the traffic junction was designed as a guiding and converging form. In addition, since it is a newly designed urban building, it is desired to distinguish the period of the building through materials that are different from those of the surrounding buildings. And in terms of structure, due to the use of highly flexible iron as the main material. The iron is designed as a tree-like form to support the whole building, and the tree-like structure also shows a different structural approach from the surrounding buildings. Another architectural design focus is the building's suspended walkway. This walkway wraps around the periphery of the building to engage with the city's traffic roads. The overall architectural design therefore seeks to follow the surrounding urban fabric while at the same time innovating the structure and materials of the building.
Group Project (With Yufeng Ga and Donghe You)
Instructor: Yali Li
06/30/2022 - Present
Gulang Island, Xiamen, China
The purpose of this architectural design is to design the smallest church on Gulangyu Island. The site for this building is on Gulangyu Island in my hometown, Xiamen, Fujian, China. There is a vacant lot next to my family's old house and my family is a Christian. So they wanted me to design a small church for my family. By borrowing from Tadao Ando's Chapel of Light, I introduced light into the interior of the chapel by making cross holes in the wall to form an invisible cross. I worked with URBANUS as colleagues on the materials and structure. The final choice was a scraper of fair-faced concrete. The contrast between the cool concrete and the warm light is strong. In addition the overhanging cross is below a pool of water, which places the cross in a sacred position by overhanging and radiating. This allows all who pass through the aisle to the church to feel the majesty of the cross as they walk.
Design requirements:
Design
2/20 Ahr
Four-meter-high suspended block & three-meter-high roof
2/156 Steinwald
Front and side fences
requirements: Material continuity with the first two stone step types (rough stone texture)
Design requirements： Highlight the lightness of the suspended body block
2/201 Mecklenburg Interior Materials
1. clean, sleek interior space experience
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