Architecture Portfolio 2021

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YUAN

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YIFEI YUAN

yy3146@columbia.edu

+1 (416) 518-3618

Finding the Right Box

The box is an incubator of my ideas, it provides parameters

and constraints that sparks my projects.

Being creative is about embracing obstacles, every

setback is an oppurtunity,

every limitation is a chance.

For each project presented in this portfolio, instead of

thinking outside the box, I try to find

the right box and fit into it.

Yifei Yuan

portfolio

Columbia University

Graduate School of Architecture,

Planning and Preservation

Candidate for Master of Architecture

Southern California Institute

of Architecture

Candidate for Master of Architecture

University of Waterloo

School of Architecture

Bachelor of Architecture Studies

Notable Distinctions

_Think Toronto Competition Finalists

_Annuel Project Review Exhibition

_Cambridge Galleries Exhibition

_Waterloo President’s Scholarship

_Canada Millennium Scholarship

_SCI-Arc Student Scholarship

_Columbia GSAPP Year End Show

Resume

Computer Proficiency

_Rhino

_Grasshopper

_3DMax

_Vray

_AutoCAD

_Adobe Creative Suite (Ps, Ai, Id...)

Intern Architect

UNstudio

Shanghai, China

Projects works on:

_Caojiadu SOHO

_Tianjin Sino Street Towers

Assistant Architect

GRAFT

Beijing, China

Projects works on:

_TongZhou Mix-use Complex

_Sanya Haitian Bay Commertial Center

Architecture Intern

Junya Ishigami & Associates

Tokyo, Japan

Projects works on:

_Egret Bird Park Art Tourism

_Forest Kindergarden

_Water Street

THINK

AND

FIT

INSIDE

THE

BOX

Unlike artists, architects are obliged to take

account mandatory standards that inevitably

govern their professions. They confront every

project in a framework of cultural,social,political,

and economical constraints, manifested in this

case by ‘the box’. Central to an anchitect’s skill

set is the ability to take advantage and benefit

from the formidable constraints in a way that

runs counter to conformists.

Every project presented in this portfolio begins

from research and experimentation with the

intention to formulate a set of rules, strategies,

and ingredients inherent within the project. Seen

as a process of defining conceptual boundaries,

the box is an inculator of ideas and solutions,

rigorously governing the progess of creative

productions.

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CORE I Design Studio I

CORE II Design Studio II

ADR I Drawing Representation

ADR II Drawing Representation

ULTRAREAL Rendering

1GA Design Studio I

1GB Design Studio II

2GA Design Studio III

2GB Design Studio IV

DETAIL Design Delelopment

1GA Visual Studies I

1GB Visual Studies II

2GA Visual Studies III

2GB Visual Studies IV

1GA Materials & Tectonics

PROJECT NAME ( COURSE NUMBER):

DATE: PROJECT TYPE:

PROJECT NAME ( COURSE NUMBER): DATE: PROJECT TYPE:

GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020 URBAN PARK

GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

PROJECT:

Times Square BILLBOARD garden

COURSE:

CORE I

DATE:

Fall 2020

RROJECT TYPE:

Urban Park

PROJECT BRIEF:

This project describes the future of billboards in

Times Square. It proposes a vertical garden as

projection into the interior in a Utopian world

where billboards overflow the space in-between

buildings, occupying the public realm of the city,

and eventually become the façade of the building.

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

Urban Plaza & Void Space Section - Site Context

Times Square, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts /

Metropolitan Opera House

Urban Plaza & Intersection Plan - Site Context

along Boardway, from Columbus Circle to Times Square

Urban Furnitures @ One Times Square Plaza - Site Context

Highrise Typology Site Plan - Site Context

along Boardway Ave

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

New Facade Intervention

Axonometric view - One Times Square

Existing Building Analysis

Axonometric view - One Times Square

Billboard Analysis - Compeny, Revenue, Context, Information Style and Duration

Korean Town in Manhatton, One Times Square

SECTION

One Times Square as Urban Park

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

12TH FLOOR PLAN

Times Square Billboard Garden

This project describes the future of billboards in One Times Square. It

proposes a vertical garden as a projection and image into the interior in

a Utopian world where billboards overflow the space in-between buildings,

occupying the public realm of the city, and eventually become the

façade of the building.

6TH FLOOR PLAN

22TH FLOOR PLAN

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

MODEL PHOTO - EXISTING BUILDING FACADE

MODEL PHOTO - EXISITNG BUILDING STRUCTURE

MODEL PHOTO - EXISTING SITE

MODEL PHOTO - NEW BUILDING FACADE COVERED BY BILLBOARD

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

TYPICAL PLAN - 16TH FLOOR PLAN, ONE TIMES SQUARE

BILLBOARD as new facade, INTERIOR as urban landscape / gaden,

Staircase / Vertical Circulation around Perimeter of the Building

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GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

TYPICAL SECTION (left) - 16TH FLOOR PLAN, ONE TIMES SQUARE

Openning for lights,Tea House, Zen Garden, Benches, and Plants

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GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

TYPICAL SECTION (right) - 16TH FLOOR PLAN, ONE TIMES SQUARE

Openning for lights,Tea House, Zen Garden, Benches, and Plants

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

PLAN OBLIQUE - 16TH FLOOR PLAN, ONE TIMES SQUARE

BILLBOARD as new facade, INTERIOR as urban landscape / gaden,

Staircase / Vertical Circulation around Perimeter of the Building

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GSAPP CORE I


GSAPP CORE I

Fall 2020

URBAN PARK

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MODEL PHOTO - 1m chunck

Interior View

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Exterior View

3

DETAIL DRAWING - 5m chunck

3


Sectional View

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE II

Spring 2021 EDUCATION

GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

PROJECT:

W*A*L*L: REinvent Highschool

COURSE:

CORE II

DATE:

Spring 2021

PROJECT TYPE:

Education

PROJECT BRIEF:

This proposal divides the courtyard around the

two existing bars, similar to how a street grid

defines the plan of a city. The Wall + The Staircase

+ The Window Opening = UNEXPECTED

ENCOUNTERS.

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GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

SITE DIAGRAMS

EDUCATION

FIGURE GROUND

URBAN FABRIC PATTERN

TRANSPOTATION

PUBLIC TRANSIT

HOUSING DENSITY

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GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

STUDY MODELS

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GSAPP CORE II

SPACE PROTOTYPE


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

SPACE PROTOTYPE

EDUCATION

Elevation Oblique of Parts

Module

Model Photo

Sections

Different Combination of Module into Parts

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GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

PROGRAM DIAGRAM STAIRCASE DIAGRAM

INTERIOR VIEW COLLAGE SECTIONAL DAIGRAM

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM

INTERIOR VIEW THROUGH WINDOWS

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DN

DN

UP

UP

DN

UP

DN

DN

UP

UP

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DN

UP

UP

DN

DN


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GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

E . 1 0 t h S T R E E T

CLASSROOM

101

OPEN

TO

BELOW

WOODSHOP

111

WALL: REVITALIZATION OF

A HIGHSCHOOL

C O R R I D O R

CLASSROOM

102

CLASSROOM

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CLASSROOM

110

CLASSROOM

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CLASSROOM

108

CLASSROOM

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C O R R I D O R

This proposal divides the courtyard around the two existing

bars, similar to how a street grid defines the plan of

a city. Major programs are scattered between walls and

onto different plazas, the shapes of which are determined

by the surrounding cityscape. Huge window cut-outs

transform the wall into floors and platforms. Bridging

between the walls, they house various public programs

such as a studio, library, and cafeteria. The staircase—

weaving in and out of the window cut-outs, platforms, and

wall surfaces—emulates a path of discovery and wonder.

The plan is organized toward the sheltered platforms and

the atrium, where typical classrooms are located in the

existing bar. The free plan typology translates the typical

classroom into an open experience, on both horizontal

and vertical planes.

MUSIC STUDIO

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CLASSROOM

106

CLASSROOM

104

E . 9 t h S T R E E T

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

9th ST. AT BOTTOM

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

DN

EDUCATION

DN

UP

UP

DN

DN

UP

UP

DN

DN

DN

COMPUTER LAB

310

DN

CLASSROOM

309

CLASSROOM

201

CLASSROOM

201

DIETITIAN

OFFICE

DIETITIAN

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OFFICE

202

UP

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

UP

UP

WOODSHOP

114

WOODSHOP

114

UP DN

UP

DN

UP

CLASSROOM

210

CLASSROOM

210

CLASSROOM

209

CLASSROOM

209

C O R R I D O R

C O R R I D O R

CLASSROOM

301

CLASSROOM

301

UP

ATRIUM /

OPEN TO BELOW

AUDITORIUM

211

AUDITORIUM

211

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

DN

UP

DN

DN

DN

UP

DN

COMPUTER LAB

210

DN

COMPUTER LAB

310

UP

CLASSROOM

309

C O C R O R R I D R O I D R O R

STORAGE 203

STORAGE 203

KITCHEN

204

KITCHEN

204

UP

UP

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

CLASSROOM

208

CLASSROOM

208

CLASSROOM

207

CLASSROOM

207

C O C R O R R I D R O I D R O R

CLASSROOM

302

CLASSROOM

302

CLASSROOM

303

CLASSROOM

303

ATRIUM /

OPEN TO BELOW

UP

COMPUTER LAB

DN

210

UP

DN

ATRIUM /

OPEN TO BELOW

ATRIUM /

OPEN TO BELOW

UP

CLASSROOM

308

CLASSROOM

308

CLASSROOM

307

CLASSROOM

307

C O R R I D O R

C O R R I D O R

DN

CLASSROOM

205

CLASSROOM

205

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

MUSIC STUDIO

108

MUSIC STUDIO

108

DN

DN

OPEN

TO

BELOW

OPEN

TO

BELOW

DN

UP

UP

CAFETERIA

206

CAFETERIA

206

SCIENCE

CLASSROOM

304

SCIENCE

CLASSROOM

304

UP

SCIENCE

CLASSROOM

305

SCIENCE

CLASSROOM

305

UP

UP

DN

DN

DN

DN

CLASSROOM

316

CLASSROOM

316

UP

UP

UP

UP

DN

DN

DN

UP

UP

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UP

UP

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DN

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

9th ST. AT BOTTOM

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

9th ST. AT BOTTOM

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

9th ST. AT BOTTOM

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

9th ST. AT BOTTOM

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GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

CROSS SECTION

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP CORE II


GSAPP CORE II

Sring 2021

EDUCATION

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DATE: PROJECT TYPE:


GSAPP ADR I

Fall 2020 VISUAL STUDY

GSAPP ADR I

Fall 2020

VISUAL STUDY

PANORAMA VIEW - MOSQUE CORDOBA, SPAIN

Reinterpretation of interior space as SET DESIGN, space interconnected to form corner scene.

LINK: https://kuula.co/share/collection/7PgG8?fs=1&vr=0&sd=1&thumbs=1&info=1&logo=1

PANORAMA VIEW - MOSQUE CORDOBA, SPAIN

Reinterpretation of interior space as DOLL HOUSE, space stacking up to build “room” of different scenes.

LINK: https://kuula.co/share/collection/7PgGT?fs=1&vr=0&sd=1&thumbs=1&info=1&logo=1

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GSAPP ADR II

Spring 2021 VISUAL STUDY

GSAPP ADR II

Spring 2021

VISUAL STUDY

THE

ROOM

AS

VIRTUAL

SPACE

I think the room

can be a online

website.

It catagorize my

daily life objects.

It sells second

hand / used

things, and

updates new

inventory.

The website has

differnt tabs for

people to view

my room as a

mini online store.

THE

ROOM

AS

COMMON

SPACE

Four individual

rooms together

with a shared

garbage room,

the community

is a close loop

system: recycle,

production,

inventory/sale,

consumer.

It forms a little

world to selfconsume

and

produce an

object: a book.

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GSAPP ADR II


GSAPP ADR II

Spring 2021

VISUAL STUDY

// The system of RECYCLE, PRODUCTION,and CONSUMER //

// How is a book made// How does it getting sold//

An investigate to the process of making a book, it looks at three

major steps of the life cycle of a book. The recycle part reuses

the material of the book and manufactured it into new material.

The production part takes raw material and printed new book.

The consumer part distributed all the book into the market, both

physically into book sotres, and online such as Amazon.

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PARTNERS:


PARTNERS:

GSAPP ULTRAREAL


Takashi Honzawa

GSAPP ULTRAREAL

Spring 2021

Ryan Alexander

VISUAL STUDY

Takashi Honzawa

Ryan Alexander

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PARTNERS:


PARTNERS:

GSAPP ULTRAREAL


Takashi Honzawa

GSAPP ULTRAREAL

Spring 2021

Ryan Alexander

VISUAL STUDY

Takashi Honzawa

Ryan Alexander

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PROJECT TYPE:


1GA STUDIO

Fall 2017_Studio 1GA

LIBRARY

1GA STUDIO Fall 2017_Studio 1GA LIBRARY

PROJECT:

Colosseum of KNOWLEDGE

COURSE:

1GA

STUDIO

DATE:

Fall 2017

RROJECT TYPE:

Library

PROJECT BRIEF:

A continuously evolving poche space of book

and knowledge. The library offers a morphology

of tranditional Roman typologies like the Colosseum,

through form, structure, program, and

public space.

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REFERENCE

+ CIRCULATION

REFERENCE

+ CIRCULATION

BOOK COLLECTION


DATE:

PROJECT TYPE: PROJECT NAME ( COURSE NUMBER): DATE:

PROJECT TYPE:

1GA STUDIO


LIBRARY

1GA STUDIO


LIBRARY

Geometry Mophology - from surface to poche

GARDEN

LIBRARY

ENTRY

WASH

ROOM

WASH

ROOM

WASH

ROOM

LIBRARY

ENTRY

WASH

ROOM

WASH

ROOM

WORK

ROOM

STORAGE+

ELECTRICAL RM

LIBRARY

ENTRY

EGRESS

STAIR

GARDEN

MEDIA COLLECTION

EGRESS

STAIR

BOOK COLLECTION

EGRESS

STAIR

READING AREA

CAREER

CENTER

STAIR

MEETING

RM

ELEVATOR

ELEVATOR

READING AREA

CAFE

GARDEN

FOR

CAFE

OFFICE

LIBRARY

ENTRY

KITCHEN

OPEN TO BELOW

STAFF LOUNGE

OFFICE

COMMUNICATIONS

ROOM

LOUNGE

LECTURE

HALL

READING

ROOM

READING

ROOM

Public/private - First Floor

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Colosseum of KNOWLEDGE

The design is a 8000 sq ft library situated in an urban

space in downtown Los Angeles. The library includes a

book collection area, a video collection area with a reading

platform, and a cafe with gardens. A detailed formal

study of the sculpture “smoke” was conducted prior to

the design. By recording the formal tranformation of the

sculpture, their geometry were drawn out in relation to the

programs on the site.

A wall interventions was initially designed to contribute to

the energy field, the wall performs as a mediator between

two inter-connected activities that wants to operate simoultaneously.

The gesture of using a wall as a linkage of different programs

MEDIA COLLECTION

was then carried on to the design of the Library.

The programs are all stacked vertically into the wall, which left a

clean and open central space for the library. The open central

area encourages all kinds of activities to happen, LIBRARY creating a

ENTRY

stadium feeling like the Colosseum. The placement of a system

of walls provides temporal stops and spacial divider. The LECTURE library

LOUNGE

HALL

is designed as a cheerful stimulating environemnt.

LIBRARY

ENTRY

LIBRARY

ENTRY

WASH

ROOM

GARDEN

WASH

ROOM

ELEVATOR

WASH

ROOM

EGRESS

STAIR

BOOK COLLECTION

READING

ROOM

LIBRARY

ENTRY

EGRESS

STAIR

READING

ROOM

GARDEN

READING AREA

CAFE

KITCHEN

GARDEN

FOR

CAFE

CAREER

CENTER

WASH

ROOM

WASH

ROOM

WORK

ROOM

BOOK COLLECTION

STAIR

ELEVATOR

OPEN TO BELOW

STORAGE+

ELECTRICAL RM

Public/private - Second Floor

STAFF LOUNGE

READING AREA

EGRESS

STAIR

OFFICE

MEETING

RM

OFFICE

COMMUNICATIONS

ROOM

MODEL PHOTO

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LIBRARY


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6

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8

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1

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5

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4

3 4 4

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

PROGRAM

1 LIBRARY

2 CIRCULATION DESK

3 LECTURE ROOM

4 ADMIN ROOM

5 CAFE

6 GARDEN

PROGRAM

1 LIBRARY

2 REST ROOM

3 MEETING ROOM

4 ADMIN ROOM

5 STORAGE

6 ELECTRICAL ROOM

7 MECHANICAL ROOM

8 CAREER CENTER

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1GA STUDIO


LIBRARY


CROSS SECTION


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1GA STUDIO


LIBRARY


FRONT ELEVATION

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1GA STUDIO


LIBRARY


SECTION

PLAN

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SIDE ELEVATION

FRONT ELEVATION

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1GA STUDIO


LIBRARY


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1GB STUDIO

SPRING 2018_Studio 1GB

DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO SPRING 2018_Studio 1GB DIPTYCH HOUSE

PROJECT:

The Diptych & kindergarden

COURSE:

1GB

STUDIO

DATE:

Spring 2018

PROJECT TYPE:

Education

PROJECT BRIEF:

A study of the relationship between parts and

parts to whole. This project intends to establish

a spacial and geometrical dialogue through

scale, material, thickness, and circulation.

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DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

The Diptych & kindergarden

This design is about two small dwellings on a site located

in a suburban setting of Los Angeles. The square shaped

house is dedicated to the childrens, and the rectangular

one for the single lady who runs the kindergarden. To be

classified as a diptych, the ensemble of units follows a

two-mass trpology with a garden between them as the

hinge.

The ensemble of the kindergarden starts off on the

same plane and begins diverging at one point creating

a branching sensation. It is a diptych itself as it is made

of four duplications of a single square units, each with a

tiny difference in its carved-out space. Lifting the building

generates a shaded area during the summer and a

open space for more interations between kids. This is

where the classrooms and lunch area combined to form

a huge plaza space. By shifting the floor plates, a series of

terraces emerged providing the occupants with a private

outdoor space. The shift also partitions the house into two

platforms, with

the communal space at the bottoem, and the sleeping/

private area at top with access to the private terrace.

The elevated height provides a more dramatic difference

in circulation in the second floor, where the interconnected

circulation defines the central focus of each unit and becomes

the guiding principle of the interior program (living

room). The end result is a heterogeneous ensemble that

breaks away from the general trend in suburban housing,

and attracts attention to itself and more importantly to the

neighborhood.

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

FRONT ELEVATION

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

SIDE ELEVATION

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE


CROSS SECTION

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

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1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

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PROJECT NAME ( COURSE NUMBER): DATE:

PROJECT TYPE:

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

1GB STUDIO


DIPTYCH HOUSE

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2GA STUDIO


FILM INDUSTRY/STUDIO

2GA STUDIO Fall 2018_Studio 2GA FILM INDUSTRY/STUDIO

PROJECT:

A BOX for many distinct PARTS

COURSE:

2GA

STUDIO

DATE:

Fall 2018

PROJECT TYPE:

Film Studio

PROJECT BRIEF:

A box for distinct parts chosen from different

architecture projects. All the parts are dropped

into the box, shake a little bit, let them figure out

their own situation and composition – playing

against typology.

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Massing Study — Version 1 Massing Study — Version 2 Massing Study — Version 3

The massing strategy centers cluster of different pieces combines into a continuous

volume. and mirrorred up-side-down to produce a layer of negative space in the center.

This mirroring allows roofs of a piece to perform as a floor, and vice versa.

It allows volume to intersect and conjunct but also retains the diagramatic characteristics

of each piece. New typology is made when new form emerges from union of

different pieces.

The pieces present wihin the boundary of the site gives a clear indication of the rigid

site edge. The slightly unorgenazied plan gives a contrast with the edge. The parts are

flipped to produce a “cave” situation in the center and various edge conditions at the

site boundary.

This strategy focuses on the connection from piece to piece, which allows single part

to form a unified whole. The orientation and attachment of each piece creates differ-

The massing strategy centers around a mirrored GROUND floor plan and second

floor plan, producing a “sandwich” with 2 layers of bread (solid) and 1 layer of meat

(void). The pieces are linked so that the bottom and top layer are touching to produce

intersecting volumn. Parts are selected base on abnormality and regularity. They are

repeated, scaled, and rotated to produce new typologies. They are connected by

degree of insersion and oriented by a grid.

TOP/BOTTPM ELEMENT COMPOSITION MASSING WITH SITE CONTEXT TOP/BOTTPM ELEMENT COMPOSITION MASSING WITH SITE CONTEXT TOP/BOTTPM ELEMENT COMPOSITION

MASSING WITH SITE CONTEXT

Conceptual Section

A BOX for many distinct PARTS

This design is an addition to the Walt Disney Animation Center ocated

at 500 South Buena Vista Street in Burbank, Los angeles. The

51-acre campus contains the new sound stages, a back lot, and the

Disney corporate headquarters. The design consists of three main

elements, including offices and studios, education and research, and

entertainment and visualization. The offices and studios is a work

space for 50 research incubators. The education and research component

will accommodate a research library, exhibition space, and

production stages. The entertainment facility will host a world class

300-seats theater and more intimate screening rooms. The public

spaces and the lobby is used to connect to the existing Disney complex

and surrounding city.

The main objective is to investigate elemental spatial constructs

structural systems. It will remix architectural types, tropes, and devices

to manifest the idea of type through a compositional approach

in the context of objecthood.

The massing strategy centers cluster of different pieces combined

into a continuous volume and that is flipped up-side-down to produce

a layer of negative space in the center.

The program distribution is based on how tightly and loosely the

pieces come together retaining their iconic character and complementing

its functionality in the program. The nooks and creaks

created in between and at the elevation on all sides act as entrances

from all sides of the site. This brings a unique character to the project

allowing new ways of approaching towards the center where atrium

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- How are the Parts Coming Together? By the Force Pushing Them Inside the Box - - How is the Program Distributed? Like a Japanese Bento Box, One Division One Dish-

(1) CAREFULLY

LAYOUT ALL

PARTS IN THE

TABLE

10

9

9

Parts which composed

of primary

figures such as

rectangle, circle, and

triangle are selected

and carefully scattered

on the table. It

trying to be a formally

singular object which

is composed of a

wide array of diverse

of architectural

forms. This continual

accumulation

of forms in extreme

proximity produces a

new totality.

VISUALIZATION

Exhibition Space

2 Multifunction Space

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

ENTERTAINMENT

3

4

Theater

Screen room

10 %

5 %

20 %

6

7

10

6

7

5

2

3

4

9

9

11

8

8

5

6

7

3

(2) PUSH ALL

PARTS FROM

THE PERIMETER

TOWARD THE

CENTER

objects that were

acquired as pieces

become a whole by

a compression force.

Both the pieces

of objects and the

space between them

are valued equally as

parts in service of the

assemblage of the

new totality. These

parts are compacted

and composed in a

contiguous manner

to produce a new

5

Lobby

OFFICES

6

7

Research/Development

Incubator

Office

EDUCATION/RESEARCH

8

9

10

Library

Production Stages

Auditorium

STUDIOS

SERVICE/PUBLIC SPACE

11 Commertial

11 %

17 %

20 %

11 %

6 %

6

7

7

6

10

5

7

2

5

2

4

9

5

9

11

8

5

11

(1) TRIM OFF

EXCESSIVE

PARTS BY THE

BOUNDARY OF

THE SITE

Operating within a

logic of comparison,

contiguity and flattened

compaction

each parts f the fragments

is greater than

the visible sum. Each

part is the result of

the accumulation

and adjacency of

multiple objects that

are fused together

from their size, scale,

function and context

to produce a new

2

4

6

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- Intersection and Connection of Different Parts -

- Development of Circulation Components in Cluster Space -

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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SECTION A

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SECTION B

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SECTIONAL DIAGRAM

1/32” = 1’-0”

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Spring 2019_Studio 2GB

EDUCATION

2GB STUDIO Spring 2019_Studio 2GB EDUCATION

PROJECT:

VERTICAL university

COURSE:

2GB

STUDIO

DATE:

Spring 2019

PROJECT TYPE:

Education

LOCATION:

Mexico City

PROJECT BRIEF:

A vertical university campus that is a book shelf

in the scale of the city. Located in Mexico City,

the campus takes form the plan of Louis Kahn’s

India Institute of Management, transforming a

figure plan into sectional property.

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EDUCATION


// VERTICAL university //

// A Book Shelf In The Scale Of The City //

This studio focus on the relationships of architecture

and the city with a close look of the dynamic

and interdependent forces of economics, planning,

ecology, politics, and infrastructure that

have shaped the contemporary city. It is a design

for a large university campus in Mexico City, a

new urban prototype for a university - the Vertical

University.

DIAGRAMATIC FIGURE PLAN WITH FACADE OVERLAYING ON

TOP

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DIAGRAMATIC FIGURE PLAN

LOUIS KAHN - INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGE-

MENT

It starts with a famous architecture plan (Louis Kahn’s Indian Institute of Management) and rotate it 90 degree to form a

vertical figure, which will be re-intervent into a sectional organization. The strategy is to simply extrude through figurative

form. Considering the contect as the mass of the city which contain a series of specialized figures, the tasak is to project

the content of the city into architecture. By applying an reposition of the horizontal plan and its elements (figure, grid, solid/

void ), the university is understood as a small city, a microcosm of the city in its programmatic form, but as applied to a vertical

organization stratefy - as Alberti said “the city is like some large house, and the house is in turn like some small city.” The

university is a microcosm of the city in its programmatic form.

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EDUCATION


STANDING DIAGRAM

- DIAGRAMATIC INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAN

-

VOLUME EXTRACTED FROM STANDING DIAGRAM

- PRESENTED AS SINGLE OBJECT ON TOP OF A

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EDUCATION


// From FIGURE to FIELD to FORM //

// Where Is The Book Shelf Coming From //

- M -

- XS -

An investigate to the campus typology through a

reordering of a famous university plan - document and

analyze organization as figure ground map - to turn the

university into a vertical typology. Six major constituent

parts are identified based on its particular form and

scale, ranging from XS, S, M to L and XL. Each part belongs

to an individual component of the campus plan.

- L -

- XL -

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- XL -

- S -

FIGURE

FIGURE

A NOLLI map is constructed for each part to represent its 3D figures by projecting oblique elevations

from the plan view.

Some plan figures become mass and some become void. The corridor and space between figures in

the plan become a boundary for the field - it produces a gravitational effect on the figure/ground map

or a cropping plane for the grids emanating from the figurse. It becomes a vertical circulation and shelf

between individual parts. As seen from above diagram, the double paneled “shelf” in which all parts

placed in-bwtween them.

FIELD

FIELD

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FRONT AXONOMETRIC RENDER

BACK AXONOMETRIC RENDER

WEST ELEVATION

SCALE 1:250

SCALE 1:250

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SHELF MASSING

SHELF STACK CONFIGURATION

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EDUCATION


POOL + GUM

ART

TRANSPOTATION

DESIGN

INDUSTRIAL

DESIGN

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

MEDIA

DESIGN

FILM

ENVIRONMENTAL

DESIGN

LECTURE HALL

ADVER-

TISING

ILLUSTRA-

TION

PHOTO-

GRAPHTY

FINE ART

ADMIN

FACILITY

ENVIRONMENTAL

DESIGN

PRODUCTION

DESIGN

GRAPHIC

DESIGN

PUBLIC

FABRICATION

LECTURE HALL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

HISTORY

THEORY

ENTER-

TAINMENT

DESIGN

LIBRARY

STUDENT

STORE

PUBLIC

INTERACTION

DESIGN

INTEGRATED

STUDIES

TECHNO-

LOGY

CAFE

LOBBY

FOOD

SERVICES

GALLARY

LIBRARY / FABRICATION

VERTICAL / HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION

UNDERGUADUATE PROGRAM

RESIDENCE

GRADUATE PROGRAM

LECTURE HALL / SERVICES

SITE PLAN

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

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FRONT ELEVATION

CROSS SECTION

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EDUCATION


Ground Floor Plan

1:250

5th Floor Plan

1:250

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EDUCATION


14th Floor Plan

1:250

20th Floor Plan

1:250

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EDUCATION


29th Floor Plan

89 m

20th Floor Plan

64 m

14th Floor Plan

43 m

5th Floor Plan

15 m

Ground Floor Plan

2 m

29th Floor Plan

1:250

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Cross Section

1:250

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EDUCATION


FRONT AXONOMETRIC RENDER

BACK AXONOMETRIC RENDER

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EDUCATION


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Spring 2019 2GB

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT


Spring 2019 2GB

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT


Spring 2019 2GB

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

1. MAIN ENTRANCE

2. SECONDARY ENTRANCE

3. THEATER

4. ROBOT LAB

5. RESTROOMS

6. LIBRARY

7. OUTDOOR SEATING

8. ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL

:

0 10 20

N

30

:

1. MEZZANINE

2. CONFERENCE ROOM

3. PHOTO LAB

4. WORK SPACE

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B

D

D

D

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D

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C

C

C

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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN


INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

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B

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1

1

2

A

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2

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60 °

3

3

2

3

2

120 °

3

B

B

C

A

D

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A

1

1

2

2 1

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260 °

2

3

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D

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C

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A

C

B

B

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A

A

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B

B

C

4.59

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B

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[1]

[2]


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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

TITLE TABLE OF CONTENT

A01.01 - Curve Set (Cover Page)

A01.02 - Exploded Isometric Curve Set

A01.03 - Folding Tetrahedron

A01.04 - From Axis to Extruded Curve

A01.05 - Curve Formation Steps

A01.06 - Trimming Extruded Curve

A01.07 - Trimming Extruded Curve (2)

A01.08 - The Chosen One

A01.09 - Sled Design

A01.10 - Wedges

A01.11 - Jigs

A01.12 - Cut 1 of 11

A01.13 - Cut 1 of 11

A01.14 - Cut 2 of 11

A01.15 - Cut 2 of 11

A01.16 - Cut 3 of 11

A01.17 - Cut 3 of 11

A01.18 - Cut 4 of 11

A01.19 - Cut 4 of 11

A01.20 - Cut 5 of 11

A01.21 - Cut 6 of 11

A01.22 - Cut 7 of 11

A01.23 - Cut 8 of 11

A01.24 - Cut 9 of 11

A01.25 - Cut 10 of 11

A01.26 - Cut 11 of 11

A01.27 - Photograph

Drawing Set for Jig Design

0.75 0.75

21.25

P4

JS10A

S1-W1A

S1-W1B

S2-W2A

JS8B

S5-W3A

S5-W3B

JS10B

HOLE ANNOTATION INDEX

S: holes for secure the wedge for a

straight cut

R: holes for secure the wedge for a

rotation cut

JS: holes for secure the jig for a streight

cut

JR: holes for secure the jig for a

rotational cut

P: holes for stopping a cut (pause)

W1: wedge #1

W2: wedge #2

W3: wedge #3

A,B: Register holes on the jig or wedge


7.77 1.66

3.02

J-4

J-5

J-2

J-1

J-3

0.63

9.43

6.89

JB-2

JB-5

JB-4

JB-3



straight cut


rotation cut


cut


rotational cut


W1: wedge #1

W2: wedge #2

W3: wedge #3




TITLE CURVE SET

- Overall curve set from sweeping with

a rectangular profile along a curve

track

- 4 curves in total

- the chosen curve for the jig design

is highlighted with thicker line

TITLE EXPLODED ISOMETRIC VIEW

OF CURVE SET

- isolating the curve set as an exploded

isometric drawing


is highlighted with thicker line and

a hatch filling

JS3

JR4

JS9A /JR11

S2-W2B

16.00

TITLE SLED DESIGN

- Scale: 1/2’’ = 1’’

- 3/16” holes for positioning dowels

- Dimensions are in inch

TOP

0.83

1.25

FRONT

BOTTOM

JB-1

TITLE JIGS

- Scale: 1/2’’ = 1’’


Visual Study 4100 Fall 2017

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JS6A

JS6B

JS7A

JS9B

JS7B

JS8A

0.25

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1.25

2.18

RIGHT

4.81

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A01.01

A01.02

A01.09

ISOMETRIC

A01.11

FOLDING TETRAHEDRON

FROM AXIS TO EXTRUDED CURVE

3 2

- an unrolled tetrahedron is folded

back into its 3D form by a series of

rotarion along its edges

- rotation axis labled as 1,2, and 3

- local and global axis is distinguished

by different dash line

- local rotation axis is used as the base

for curve formation

[1] From Arc to Extruded Curve

- The local rotation arcs are extended

to form seperate curve track

- curve track is used with rectangular

profile to form curved sweeps

[2] Steps

- Each step of the formation of the

individual curves

STEP 1

C

B



B

TITLE CURVE FORMATION




track

- 4 curves in total


is highlighted with thicker line

C

A

D

A



track

- 4 curves in total

STEP 2

C

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B

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A01.03

C

A

D

A

A01.04

STEP 3

C

FROM AXIS TO EXTRUDED CURVE

[2] Steps

- Each step of the formation of the

individual curves

TRIMMING EXTRUDED CURVE

- Trimming the sweeped curve based

on the shape beside it

- the trimming reference is outlined

with dashed line

B

B

D

A

C

A





STEP 4

C



track

- 4 curves in total



track

- 4 curves in total

B

B

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A

D

A

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December 1, 2017

A01.05

A01.06

WEDGE 1 WEDGE 2 WEDGE 3 ISOMETRIC

TRIMMING EXTRUDED CURVE

3.11

6.21

9.03

2.89

3.13


- Trimming the sweeped curve based

on the shape beside it

- the trimming reference is outlined

with dashed line

- The chosen curve is modified for the

jig design

TOP

5.77

W1-1

W1-2

W2-2

W2-1

5.77


straight cut


rotation cut


cut


rotational cut


3.11

2.89

W1: wedge #1

W2: wedge #2

W3: wedge #3

WEDGE 1


7.51

10.84

9.43

FRONT

9.28

9.28



9.31

0.39

2.75

1.30

9.03

6.01

2.45


TITLE WEDGES



track

- 4 curves in total

W1A

W1B

W2B

W3A

W3B

WEDGE 2

- Scale: 3/16’’ = 1’’


BOTTOM

6.96

W2A

3.87

5.25

YIFEI YUAN


December 1, 2017

RIGHT

W1-1

5.71

4.79

2.99

W3-2

W3-1

YIFEI YUAN


December 1, 2017

W1-2

4.02

5.46

WEDGE 3

150

A01.07

5.77

4.57

5.77

A01.10

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Construction De La Lettre CT

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5

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ementary for YaoDong


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lex is a cementary for the soil of YaoDong, where all the soil in YaoDong recycled back into the

present a tectonic part of the YaoDong, from the tunnel, the kitchen, the courtyard, to the dome.

DATE

PROFESSOR

PAGE

3100)

1GA (Fall)

2017

Pavel Getov

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PROJECT NAME

Cementary for YaoDong

The housing complex is a cementary for the soil of YaoDong, where all the soil in YaoDong recycled back into the

nature. Each unit represent a tectonic part of the YaoDong, from the tunnel, the kitchen, the courtyard, to the dome.

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