The View From Here
The project called “The View From Here” is inspired by research on how to blur the boundary between urban and natural environment. The student housing located at the intersection of two major streets in Saint Louis is designed for college students to enjoy both urban life and relieve from nature.
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Journey
“Journey” is an social app designed for travelers to record, share and customize their trips as well as follow others. Instead of focusing on generalized rankings, this app focuses on making it personal by helping you to record and visualize your own trips. On the other hand, you can easily search and find the travelers,…
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Auditorium on Mississipi
To design this challenging project which is specifically sited on a bridge, I begin the design process by studying the reflective property of water. The concept of the auditorium is that it wraps around the pylon so that after visitors enter on the surfae of the bridge, they descend into the musical hall and get…
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Greenhouse
Starting with a terrarium that provides all needs for a single plant, the project develops into a greenhouse that considers water, wind, sunlight conditions for different types of plants. The building consists of office area for staff members and circulation for public visitors.
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Opartments
This project is designed for a client in DC for a co-working space. The floor plan is divided into 5 suites for different studios and the public space includes lobby, kitchen and dining space and meeting rooms.
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Observatory
Inspired by the spreading pattern of leaves, I design an undulating topography to represent the sense of spreading. The topography develops into a observatory which again emphasizes the sense of spreading and engage visitors into different views of the site.
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Urban Chapel
The concept of this project is a non religious urban chapel which is available for anyone that wants to meditate and seeks peace in the urban area. I begin with designing a light device to explore positive and negative space and the contrast between light and shadow projected on curved surface. The language is continued…
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Building System
Based on an existing office in St. Louis, this project focuses on analyzing building components and structure of the building before and after renovation. It enables me to learn more and materials, supporting structures and how they are connected.
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Flying Machine
Inspired by crystal, I design this flying machine to both achieve a stable structure and the reflective property. The structure of the kite enbales it to rotate when it fIys, which intensifies the reflection phenomenon.
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Environmental System
This project focuses on the environmental condition of an existing site. Using Diva and Vasari to analyze the climate of St. Louis and considering the topography of the context, I design a pavilion to accomadate to the environmental context.
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