VILLA DESIGN | PEACE OVER LAKE

MUSEUM DESIGN | IN THE URBAN CBD

ENCODING MATTER

COMMERCIAL STREET DESIGN | GLUE THE URBAN TEXTURE

BIRD FEEDER DESIGN | BEAUTY OF THE GESTURE

BUS STOP DESIGN | ZIPPER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

CHINESE TRADITIONAL PRIVATE GARDEN | SURVEY

HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE | SURVEY & MAPPING

CONTENTS

SENIOR HOUSING DESIGN | USC EMERITI CENTER

MUSEUM DESIGN | IN THE URBAN CBD

The Center of The Urban CBD

The site is located in the urban CBD area. Its north and east boundary face to a river that goes cross the whole city. The local government makes endeavor to build some public parks along the river to host the civic activities and creat nice landscape and views of the city. The south and west boundary is adjacent to the commercial area in which a large number of people stream is contented everyday.

The proposed museum is no longer just a enducational building or a display platform when it is seated in this context. It is not only a part of the urban landscape or a complement of the existing commercial function, but also a node of connection between commercial and landscape, a transit area of different lifestyle and a icon for itself.

Emergency Exit

Passanger & Freight ElevatorAccessibility of The Site

Setup Mass &Make A Public Square

Adjust The Gesture

Make Paths Between The Street & River

Adjust The Gesture

Add A Platform at Second Floor

Commerce Office Space Parking

Auditorium Storage Vertical Circulation Variation of Exhibition Hall

Study of Facade Pattern

Ground Floor Plan

Basement Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

3rd Floor Plan4th Floor Plan

5th Floor Plan 6th Floor Plan

7th Floor Plan

South Elevation

North Elevation West Elevation

Encoding Matter will explore the relationship between behavioral and evolutionaryoptimization design methodologies. The studio will examine the interaction between localbehaviors or micro design intent and global concerns such as structural and environmentaloptimization. This inquiry will focus on the relation-ship between the internal logic of agenerative system and the external influences of force and environment. We will explore theinteraction of open behavioral systems and evolutionary systems that seek an idealoutcome.

The studio will posit a behavioral design methodol-ogy, re-conceptualizing design as theorganization of matter. This behavioral understand-ing of design will focus on the dissolutionof normative hierarchies that operate within architectural organization and tectonics. A nonlinearalgorithmic design methodology is proposed capable of displacing existing hierarchiesthrough the emergent operation of self-organizing systems.

In this project, the algorithm is emerged from the research of the performance of material - laex and the growth of leaves. The pattern of a leaf could be considered as a combination of strands and membranes. Strands perform as the structure when the membranes illustrate the planes and space. In this system, the thickness of strands and membranes, the length of strnads, the distance of different strands and the spam of the membrances are parameters that are capable of being driven by designed multi-agents and constrains.

The performece of the latex gives us the inspirasion of the behavior of agents. Latex, known as the common elastic material, could generate force when drag it. This force would lead to the thickness and transparency change of the material. The entire system of the project is multi-agents based and those agents learn from the material

ENCODING MATTERMATTER Structure [ [ PaternPatern ] ]

To achieve the purpose, we need establish a feasible system for both coding and structure. We conceive the system consists of strands and membranes. Strands would work as skeleton while membrances offer us space. Leaves provide with a very good paradigm.

Strands

Membranes

Glass

Menbrane Surface

Structure

Circulation over the Flatform

Railway Track

Flatform

Main Entrance

Main Concourse

Bicycles' Praking

Restrooms

Cafe

Restrooms

Retail

Bus Stop

Bus Terminal

Mechanical

Parking

OfficeOffice

VILLA DESIGN | PEACE OVER LAKE

This villa is designed for an painting artist. The site is in a mountain area that far away from urban area. South and west sides of the site are surrounded by moutains while north side own a great view of the exsiting lake. A state owned highway that goes from north to south is built aside the lake. A small town is several miles far from the site. Therefore, the environment of the proposed project is very peaceful and beautifull that could provide the client with a ideal work neighborhood.

Set up the mass Adjust the gesture of the mass to obtain more lake view

creat a slope roof that is compatible with the context and contour

Add a bridge over the lake and some exterior space for leisure activities

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First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan Third Floor Plan

East Elevation North Elevation

South ElevationWest Elevation

Structure

COMMERCIAL STREET DESIGN | GLUE THE URBAN TEXTURE

The site is covered by the Urban CBD Accessibility of the site The urban landscape around the site

This project is located in a small city and in a walkable distance to the central park of the town. Some big mall, supermarket and retails are around the central park, which form the CBD of the town. So, it seems that the proposed commercial street has to face the compiti-tion from the old commercial facilities. However, the advantage of the site is that it is surrounded by three large housing neighborhoods which could provide with a stable customer resource. So complementary and mutually beneficial should be the strategy for the project and it would also play a role as glue to establish more connection between neighborhoods.

People Square Park

Commercial & Office

Commercial & Office

Residential Residential

Project Site

Civic Center Residential Urban Park

Sanlitun Village is currently very famous commercial street in Beijing. Bars, retails, restaurants and entertainments are contained in the street. The commercial activities in the street are greatly benefited from its diverse space both interior and exterior.

The Tianyi Square is the most famous landmark in Ningbo City now. The Shuijin Street, designed as a inner street of the square, has the similar volumn and function as our proposed project. On the ground level, there are retails and restaurants. On the upper levels, there are malls and bars.

The traditional Chinese alley has very friendly space that fits for small and middle scale commercial activities.

Case Study Birdeye View of the Project

Circulation of Vehicles Circulation of ground level for people Circulation of fire-engine

Eastern Entrance Leisure Street along the River

Inner Street

Basin Square Upper Level Public Space

Artificial Water Fall

View Point

Public Square Western Entrance

Ground Plan

Underground Plan

Third Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

SENIOR HOUSING DESIGN | USC EMERITI CENTER

The University of Southern California is thinking to build an Emeriti Center for its retired college faculties. The purpose of the Emeriti Center is to create a place for those faculties who still want to live around the campus and make contributions to the campus community. Therefore, basically the project is a mixed use building, including housing for those retired faculties, classrooms and trainning rooms for students and members of the Emeriti Center, auditorium for lecture and commercial space for the public.

There are two big difficulties of the project. Firstly, the last cornner of the campus could be used for the project is in the northwest cornner which has poor connection to the campus. The site seems to be isolated from the major area of the university that would lower the value of the goal that make the best use of the sourses of the retired faculties. Secondly, the proposed program in the project is so diverse that the requirements of the privacy of them are quite different.

Entrance of Coffee House

Entrance of Emeriti Center

Entrance of Parking Garage Drop-off Area

Vermont Ave.

Site

University Villege Jefferson Blvd.

There is a memoire that the university can not extend its boundary over Vermont Avenue, which build an invisible barier between the university and Vermont

The site has poor accessiblity to the campus, like a isolated place of the university

In the front of the site, a public landsacpe is created

Set up the building mass

Adjust the gesture of the building to fit for the changed urban axis

The upper levels are for senior housing and lower levels are for education and commercial

Make a slope landscape that lead to the second floor directly

Finish the landscape design

Art StudioArt Studio

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Storage

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MaintenanceRoom EquipmentRoom

Storage

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Exer

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Multi-Purpose

Reading Room

Kitc

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Room

Basement Level

Ground Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Fourth Floor

Fifth Floor

Sixth Floor

Seventh Floor

South Facade

North Facade

A

B

B

A A-A Section

B-B Section

Gym. Board

Sealed Concrete

Thermal InsulationSheathing

Green Roof Waterproofing MembraneProtection CourseRoot BarriarDrainage LayerAeration Layer

Moisture Retention LayerReservior Layer

Filter FabricSoil

Plant

Gym. BoardSheathingThermal Insulation

Photovoltaics

Wood Cladding

Wood Cladding

Gym. BoardSheathingThermal Insulation

Photovoltaics

Stucco

Concrete

Wood CladdingConcrete

Gym. BoardSheathingThermal Insulation

Photovoltaics

Stucco

Wood CladdingConcrete

Concrete

Gym. Board

Sealed Concrete

Gym. Board

Sealed Concrete

Sealed Concrete

Sealed Concrete

Gym. Board

Sheathing

Thermal Insulation

Photovoltaics

Wood Cladding

Wood Cladding

Concrete

Wood Cladding

Concrete

Thermal Insulation

BIRD FEEDER DESIGN | BEAUTY OF THE GESTURE

The purpose of the bird feeder design assignment is to be familiar with the Rhino and trained to make physical model by operating with lasercut device.

In this assignment, I was assigned a specific bird ---- Yellow Warbler. It belongs to the order of Passeriformes and the Family of Parulidae. It is a very common summer resident in California. It is 11.5 cm long and weighs 9 g. The wingspan is about 8 inces. The bird feed on insects and spiders, but northern races will also take some berries, namely in their winter quarters.

Yellow warbler is a small size and agile bird. Its feeding pattern is flexible,flying-picking or ground-feeding. When a yellow warble is searching for food on a branch, it can keep various posture and jump on a brance or jump from one branch to another. Therefore, the idea of my design is to creat a frame that would be able to show the beauty of the various gesture of the bird.

A-A Section B-B Section C-C Section

Front Elevation

Back Elevation

NestingNest a deep cup of grasses and bark, covered on the outside with plant down and fine fibers, lined with fur or fine plant fibers. Placed in upright fork or shrub or tree.

Breeds in wet, deciduous thickets, especially in willows

BUS STOP DESIGN | ZIPPER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

FEILD SURVEY AND MAPPING WORKS CHINESE TRADITIONAL PRIVATE GARDEN | SURVEY

HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE | SURVEY & MAPPING

Section of The Temple

Plan of The Temple

Dome of The Stage

Front Elevation of The Acient Stage

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