Yifan LiPortfolio2015 - 2017

This project required two students to design a architecture studio for Diablo Valley College which is located at Walnut Creek in California. The concept of this project is Nature. Architecture students always live in a high-pressure study life. The building they are studying in need to help them solving this problem. We choosed nature as our concept to overcome this problem because natural can help people relax.

AcademicRural StudioDecember 2016

Project video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_javx7dwxw&feature=youtu.be

This project required students to design a Architecture studio for Diablo Valley College which is located at downtown Oakland in California. The main idea of this project is to build a harmonious relationship between public and private space by balancing the light, green, noise, and triff ic(circulation) areas.

AcademicUrban StudioOctober 2016

This project required students to design a Mondrian museum. We should use collumns and beams to create a modern style building and take the relationship between sunlight and the function area of the building into considertaion. The phisical model was built along with the project but the digital model and rendering were updated one year later.

AcademicMondrian MuseumNovember 2015

This project will locate at downtown Dongguan, China. The client required the whole building should look like two separate buildings but still connected. The building should include a private chamber and a helicopter airport on the top of the building.

The diagonal lines on the façade can break through the previous insipid construction style. The one-way transmitting glass can protect the indoor space from light at day time and makes the building glittering at night like a crystal and becoming the landmark of the complex. Also, the design applies different height of f loors to distinguish the main building and its wing, which meets customer requirements.

ProfessionalThe CrystalAugust 2016

This competition required students to design and build a 1:1 model on a hill. The model should satisfy all teammates (6 students in our team) live inside for two nights. The theme for 2016 competition is “Aura”. I was mainly responsible for the base structure design and I design all the joints on the base of traditional chinese mortise and tenon joints. These joints can make the whole structure stable without using metal or glue.

AcademicCal Poly Design Village CompetitionApril 2016