lydia j liang_architecture portfolio 2011

ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE & URBANISMLydia J Liang GA

B.Arch 2011 University of Southern California

School of [email protected]/[email protected]

ARCHITECTURE

PASSERELLE

The Arch of Germanicus is the major ancient gateway for Saintes. The whole composition of build-ings and functions intends to set up a visual and physical “gate” of Saintes. To redefine the Gate, circulation is redefined. The grand staircases along the axis set up a unique stage for the Arch. The forced perspective creates a vibrating rhythm of topography. Lines of topography point to the Arch of Germanicus. Also, to maintain the visual access to the Arch from the river and the two major bridges, two structures are located at the two end of the site and they frame the arch visually.

In terms of function, the project is aimed to reestablish the idea of entrance to the city as the linkage to outside as well as inside of the city. Two of the major components for the Gate are the Terminal Port and the Archaeology Museum of Stone. To link outside, the Gate is a transit hub for bus and boat traffic. To link inside, the visitor center is the first introduction to the city, and the Museum of Stone would further present the stone artifacts found in the city. There is an archaeology museum on the site, which its structure could be dated back from 17th Century. The new museum connects to the existing archaeology museum and expands the exhibition space. The connection is underground, with storage and work shop. Then, a major staircase leads to the window that frames the arch. It is intended to show that the arch is one of stone artifacts.

The bridge was the first axis of Saintes. The city continues to grow at both ends of the axis. For Saintes, the gate is the bridge, the boule-vard and the entrance. The site is the ancient gateway of Saintes.

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-A community center ON TOP of its parking structure

In city like Los Angeles, the urban spaces are gradually taken over by the cars and the parking lots. Since the ground surfaces are occupied, more and more urban events have the tendency to take place ON TOP.

The position of Re-ligare institute creates drama on top of the parking structure, and the using of suspension structure further emphasis the motion of floating. The suspension sets the structure free from grounded at the original column bays. It truly shows off what steel could do in this performative structure. Since only two column bays are used, the structure is delicately touched to the ground. With large overhangs and continually folding skins, human minds wonder with the floating sky line. On the other hand, the “on top” position of the structure invites a 360 degree of uninterrupted view. the curtain wall always remind people their floating on top position in the building.

Culver City is relatively young community in terms of history. Started at 1920s, the most well know local business are MGM studios, and Hughes Aircraft company. In this creative community, its com-munity center would stand out to represent their identity and their religion in technology. The idea of screen and skin are correlated in this commnity center. The skin of the building could be understand as the information screen and ecological for the building. It creates large area of semi outdoor spaces for gardens in the air.

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Design units

Corn size: 23X27 feet; Size: 50X81ftOuter size: 36X27 feet; Size: 92X81ftSuspension cable plan

Case studies: Westcoast Transmis-sion Tower, Vancouver

Corn size: 36X36 feet Outer size: 108X108ftSuspension cable plan

TYPE: MULTI TOWERSRATIONAL: MULTI TOWERS WITH JOINT FOOTING INCREASE STABIL-ITY

Suspension Rational

“ChallengeLoad path detour: load travel up to the top and then down to the foundation.Combined hanger/ column deflection yields large different deflection

Architectural rational Less columns at ground floor provides planning flexibility and unob-structed view Facilities top down future expansion with less operation interferenceSmall hangers instead of large columns improve flexibility and view.

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RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE

Structural rational Eliminate buckling in hangers replacing compression with tensionHigh-strength hangers replace large compression columnsFloors may be built on ground and raised after completionConcentration of compression to a few large columns minimums buckling

-GG Schierle “Structure in Architecture”

The “green carpet” is another element used as the horizontal line that separate the ground from the sky. Functionally, the “green carpet” contains the spa area. Structurally, the first floor ties the two bays together, reinforce the stiffness of the structure.

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

PRIMARY STRUCTURE

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RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE

1 Copy of AASEC

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PASSIVE SYSTEM

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Cold Air is plumbed in under the major staircase. As the space below it remained in shadow, the air is kept cold and moisture by the garden.

The skin act as the solid envelope of the building. It provides shading and protect the building as from direct solid gain.

The towers are sealed inside of the skin, and they have independent AC control in order to use energy efficiently in the perfect weather of southern California.

SUMMER SUN

WINTER SUN

RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE

AXON WALL SECTION

RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE

The first impression of the site:The track left a linear descriptive story to the site, where the one point and two point perspective changes in viovus rhythm. It is about extending the content to reaches the destination points. Fragments are the memories of travel-ers, formatting its distinctive geography layers. Traveling is always one point perspective, from point A to B. It is liner, with smooth move. But like any trav-eler did, they always go back to where start in the end, irony.

Background:The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile-long rail cargo expressway linking the ports of Long Beach and Los Ange-les to the transcontinental rail network near downtown Los Angeles. It is a series of bridges, underpasses, overpasses and street improvements that separate freight trains from street traffic and passenger trains, facilitating a more efficient transportation network. The project’s centerpiece is the Mid-Corridor Trench, which carries freight trains in an open trench that is 10 miles long, 33 feet deep and 50 feet wide between State Route 91 in Carson and 25th Street in Los Angeles. Construction began in April 1997. Operations began in April 2002.-Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

Site: Located off Alameda Between 38th and 37th Streets, in the warehouse buildingCourse: Arch 20B Semester: Spring 2007 Instructor: Coleman Griffith

“Funky Revolutions” re open as “Spiderman”

Generate Generate

Tunnel - Supply

“FUNKY REVOLUTIONS”

Wire - Divert

Toy - Employ

Tie - Intercede

Bark - Advancing

Aluminum - Appropriate

Gravel - Indistinct

Artifacts:

Gap - Classify Twine - Associate


Ground Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

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Collapsible Seating

FLIM INSTITUTE

VIEW IN DOWNTOWN

WHEN A PLACE IS OVERCROWDED LIKE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, THE SENSE OF OBJECT BUILDINGS ARE REPLACED BY THE NEGATIVE COURTYARD SPACES, WHERE SO-CIAL EVENTS AND CONNECTIONS HAPPEN, BOTH VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

FLIM INSTITUTE

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM

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PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

BRIDGE

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PROGRAM 3 ZONES

PRIVATE TOWER (OFFICES AND STUDY ROOMS)

PUBLIC TOWER

UNDERGROUND ARCHIVE

FIRE STAIRCASE

VEHICLECIRCULATION

FLIM INSTITUTE

BOOK ARCHIVE

FILM ARCHIVE

FLAT FILE POSTER STORAGE

ARTIFACTS ARCHIVE

CAFÉ & GARDEN

EXHIBITION SPACE

EXHIBITION& RECEPTION

SCREENING ROOMDIRECTOR OFFICE

STUDY AREA

STAFF & COPY ROOM

CONFERENCE ROOM

FILM ARCHIVE

FLAT FILE POSTER STORAGE

CAFÉ & GARDEN

EXHIBITION SPACE

EXHIBITION& RECEPTION

FLIM INSTITUTEFigure Ground Study of the Site

FLIM INSTITUTE

CAR WASH

CAR WASH

CAR WASH

To-day I am clearly aware that, at the start, Cubism was simply a new way of representing the world. - Juan Gris

Gris organized Glass of Beer and Playing Cards according to a dominating pattern of vertical strips. Changes or transformations in the appearance of an object seem to occur in a number of directions: they follow the alternating rhythm of vertical bands but also the contrapuntal system of horizontal bands. Occasionally there is also a sense of transformations occurring in depth, as if Gris had peeled away the surface of certain vertical bands to reveal an alternate mode of representation or point of view beneath.

Alumni Commons Landscape Project

For destination, conceal could serve as the framework, which provide directions and control the amount of revealing.For functions, activities happening on courtyard reveal the use of surrounding buildings, which concealed by the concrete block.

Site: Alumni Commons in Pasadena City CollegeObjective: Painting Transformation Course: Arch 20A Semester: Spring 2006 Instructor: Coleman Griffith

ALUMNI COMMONS

LANDSCAPE Paiting Transformation

Glass of Beer and Playing Cards - Juan Gris

Concealed Revealed Parti

To-day I am clearly aware that, at the start, Cubism was simply a new way of representing the world. - Juan Gris Gris organized Glass of Beer and Playing Cards according to a dominating pattern of vertical strips. Changes or transformations in the appearance of an object seem to occur in a number of directions: they follow the alternating rhythm of vertical bands but also the contrapuntal system of horizontal bands. Occasionally there is also a sense of transformations occurring in depth, as if Gris had peeled away the surface of certain vertical bands to reveal an alternate mode of representation or point of view beneath.

ALUMNI COMMONS

Site Scale

Site Analsis

Existing Fabrics

Alumni Commons - Pasadena City College

Double layers of Circulation1st level2nd level

Non-connection in Circulation

Campus Scale

ALUMNI COMMONS

For destination, conceal could serve as the framework, which provide directions and control the amount of revealing.For functions, activities happening on courtyard reveal the use of surrounding buildings, which concealed by the concrete block.

ALUMNI COMMONS

URBANISM

Kiruna. Sweden Latitude : +67.86 N Longitude : +20.22 E Time Zone: UTC + 1hours

Solar Urbanism

“Being located 145 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, Kiruna has a Sub-Arctic climate with short, cool summers and long, cold winters, although the city itself can be considerably milder than the surrounding forest. Snowcover generally lasts from mid-October to mid-May, but snowfall can occur year-round. The sun doesn't set between May 30 and July 15, and perpetual daylight lasts from early May to early August. In this time of the year, a few hours of twilight are the only daylight available.”

-Wikipedia

Darkness Dawn Sunshine Dusk

Kiruna - Sunrise, Sunset, Dawn and Dusk Times Graph

May 30 and July 15: Sun

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Sun Diagram

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1 hour Sunshine at Early

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Human Mental Health

Suicide Rate in Kiruna“ the suicide rate is quite high in this part of the world as its quite hard to find work and with the constant snow and ice, it gets people down a lot. “

Solar Energy Access

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Group members: Jun Liang(wing), Eric Linnais, Danilo Amaya

Why natural sun light is important Kiruna?

Rosette Plants

Relative Rosette Plants in South AfricaSolanecio Gigas & Lobelia Gibberoa

Arctic Plant: Cloud Berry

Biomimetics Research of Rosette PlantsThe Rosette Plants response to the Sun according to the Slope Direction

Slope Direction and Plant Logic for Solar Harvesting Ecophysiology of Two Giant Rosette Plants

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Biomimetics Application for Kiruna

Location Selection Early Slope Analysis - Searching Sun/South on the Large Scope

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LegendValue Base: Sun Compass

The existing Kiruna occupies a relative large percentage of south slope. The area of green (south facing) is as much as the area of yellow (combination of east and west facing).

It is suggesting that the new Kiruna should be relocated to the green (south facing) areas.

Why?The Sun diagram shows the winter sun comes from the south.

How?The program measures the orientation of the contour, and color code according to the input value.

SOLAR URBANISM

Combined with the future transportation map. The site is chosen in this area.

Location Selection Early Slope Analysis - Searching Sun/South on the Large Scope

SOLAR URBANISM

Old Railroad Proximity Lake Proximity New Railroad Proximity Mine Entrance ProximityOld Highway Proximity New Highway Proximity Surface Orientation Slope Non-Buildable Areas

Location Finding Evolutionary ScriptAgents are randomly distributed on the map’s surface (image 01). The agents then propagate in a local region for each generation. The fitness is loose for initial generations so most agents live and propagate. As time progresses and with later generations the fitness is tightened, approaching the desired values, which kills any agent in undesired values (images 2-5). In the final generation all other agents have been eliminated and only agents on desired values survive.

SOLAR URBANISM

PARK PARKING

URBAN reCHARGE

AMPHITHEATER

BASKETBALL FIELDS

SKATE PARK

BIKE PATH

SWIMMING POOL

ADDITIONAL PARKING

PROGRAM LOGIC

ENTRANCE & EXIT

PARKING NETWORK

DIVIDED PARK AREAS

FINAL CONFIGURATION

ALGAE PARK

URBAN RECHARGE

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URBAN RECHARGE

URBAN RECHARGE - 1st Scheme

lydia j liang_architecture portfolio 2011

Documents

archaeology museum of

suspension structure

structure free

performative structure

culver city

axis of saintes

parking structurein

physical gate of saintes