YI REN2010 - 2011

Art & Resume

SANAA and Sui tcase

Glass for Art ists

CONTENT YI REN

TransformingManhattan

SubwayPeople Repair Oxygen

Analysis -- Unequal Distribution

Island

Solution

Midtown

UptownNo subwayin parks

connect uptown and downtown

lift balance distance to repair shop

twistturn ground up-side-down

Shared House

People Repair Oxygen

Analysis -- Unequal Distribution

Island

Solution

Midtown

UptownNo subwayin parks

connect uptown and downtown

lift balance distance to repair shop

twistturn ground up-side-down

MANHATTAN SUBWAYTRANSFORMATION

TASK: Analysis and transform Manhattan subway.

A P P R O A C H :

Architacture Representation Studio: Abstraction.

Columbia College, New York. Fall 2010

Instructor: Madeline Schwartzman

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Uptown

Midtown

Downtown

ANALYSIS : Unbalanced distribution of population,

train reparishop and parks longitudinally.

SOLUTION : CONNECT Up&down townalleviate crowding midtown

LIFT half of uptowncreate more paths to repair shop

TURN UP-SIDE-DOWN in parksallow more O2 into subway

x 3

1 D 2 D 3 D

Connections happens in ...

APPROACH: creates space for more connections within folded island, in which vectors represents potential subway lines, to unbalance distributions.

x 3

1 D 2 D 3 D

Connections happens in ...uptown

downtown

uptown

downtown

SANAA and SUITCASE

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House in the plum groove

Seperate Reduce Unfold

1) Analysis SANAA’s work in drawing.2) Design a Suitcase demonstrating design intent of SANAA.

TASK:

APPROACH: 1) Drawing as transformational act: reduce, translate, discover and isolate information. 2) Versatility of space created by countless paths of folding the suitcase’s wall into interior.

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Atomizing support system. Countless slim columns holds up the architecture.

--Park Cafe

Free movement in 3 Space

HOW TO ...

Grid Plate= X and Y axis

Clip Tracking= Z axis

One big Space

Versatility from countless ways of folding

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This suitcase is incomplete until people start to interact with it in personalized ways.

Four walls One wall fold inward Two walls as interior blurry double skin

forms costumized containing spaces

GLASS FOR ARTIST

TASK: Remix an artist’s cooperative and integrate the building’s urban site -- Boston city hall plaza.

APPROACH: Explore various combiantions of transparent and reflective glass, that allows viewing simultaneously in(the building) and around (the site). Visually extends public outdoor space as part of the architecture. Building as a metaphor that artists are to see at different angles, reflect on it and to engage the public.

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Career Discovery, Graduate School of Design. Harvard University, Boston. Summer 2010.

Instructor: Sophia Lau

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1. NEXT TO

2. INSERT INTO

3. STACKING

4. FACING

6. ANGLED I

5. ANGLED II

Clear glass

Reflective glass

View OUT--Transparency

T

Quiet Shaded benches

Parks

BusyTourist Sites

Subway station Finacial district

View IN--Reflection of the surroundings

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Tourist SitesQuincy Market

Parks

little Italy

City Hall

SITESITE

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Bed Rooms

DanceFigure DrawingCafe

Stage

Exhibition Class Room

Audience

Figure Drawing

Performing Space

ObservingSpace

New Observing / Performing relations are generated.Gradient indicates roles changes as one walks through. An observor in Gallery can walk up to Cafe and be watched as a performer by figure drawing artist next door.

Gradient

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SHARED HOUSE

Design a shared house for two clients: 1. Family with two kids who desir kid’s playroom and big living room. 2. Single fashion designer who wants a workroom and large gallery.

They are willing to share certain space if it need not to compromise privacy.

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Study model of Complementry partition

TASK:

APPROACH:

To create a continueous space by reducing walls to the only ones that are essential to privacy.

Minimize on room level

Minimize on house level

Complementry Principle StudyFOLD floor into wall and then into ceiling brings free flowing space and orientation. Orientation to the surrounding sites is based on the aesthetics of programs and degrees of privacy on each story.

Busy Street

Quiet Courtyard

Trees

Gallery

Living

Bed

Complementry Partition minimize blocking materials and makes each floor ‘one big room’ and still keeps everyone’s privacy.

Privacy Gradient

AdultKid

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Relativity Pravicy--height and view

Reconceived Ground

Construction through subtraction, based on sunlight, paths of movement and ground conditon of Revson Plaza in Columbia University.

Reconceived plaza ground initiate connections beteween above and underground and also utilize potential space for recreation.

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Paths of movement

Space available for sitting

Paths of movement

Space available for sitting

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Professional Work

“Water pump house”Designed and rendered as an intern

at Bejing Water Institution. Aug. 2010Green Architecture Exhibition Poster

Computer Graphic, Spring 2011