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ARCH 793B: Architecture Directed Design Research Gallery: Innovation Through Mastery

Less is more: Spatial variety

The concept the project is to create flexible and minimalist space that can accommodate various activities by dividing the combined forces of the internal functional partitions of the building, while enhancing the flow of the internal space to produce the effect of maximum and infinite expansion. By using the least number of architectural elements to create the most possible spatial configurations and the maximum amount of experiential variety and spatial experience and therefore creating variety of potential use.

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ARCH 793B: Architecture Directed Design Research Gallery: Innovation Through Mastery

The Pyramid Fields

The Pyramid Fields is an exercise aimed at producing a design alternative for additions done to masterpiece of architecture in order to preserve the architects original vision, and elaborate on the narrative of the original building.

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ARCH 793B: Architecture Directed Design Research Gallery: Innovation Through Mastery

Proliferation in two dimensions

Based on the study of the structural form and space layout of Tamalpais Pavilion, the Pavilion space based on structure and the In-between space that break the integrity are summarized according to the architectural characteristics. Try to use these two types of spaces as basic units, proliferate in different dimensions, and develop into buildings of different scales and different functions while maintaining the purity of the precedent. This resulted in a vertical version in the city and a horizontal version in the natural landscape.

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery: Unholy Alliances, Alchemical Processes and Black Box Magic

Design Like A Gamer

Physical and virtual reality perpetuate each other while remaining inseparable. Gaming with skeuomorphism, this project connects an existing office space with the digital world. They inform each other and evolve together to inspire the users.

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery - The New New Realists: Building the Social Imaginary

A Tale of the Citied Wall

This project exploits technology fully to make new stories. As it is now possible to overlay realities onto existing structures, I take on the “Continuous Monument” in reality, the Nanjing City Wall, to story tell a new version of human co-living with the robots and an absolute (dys)utopia. This physical and digital boundaries in the form of a wall are thus critically speculated in the final film.

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery - The New New Realists: Building the Social Imaginary

Hidden Gems

“Hidden Gems is an exploration of light, its manifestations and how these can transform the urban landscape. The project looks specifically into the experience of the user and stimuli created by light in the user’s psycho-spatial relationship, attempting to understand how light supports and enhances the performance of immersive environments.
Derived from a photograph, the master plan takes the scale of a neighborhood while introducing “”The Maze””, which is composed by a series of intersecting geometries that have been transformed into a landscape of light and color.”

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery - The New New Realists: Building the Social Imaginary

Liquid Theatre

We are living in a world where negation and disputation become the nature of our environment. Our public building needs to be malleable and adaptable to the ever-changing environment. This thesis project studies the identity of theatre architecture under the current liquid modernity. The proposal demonstrates a future of theatre architecture emerging within our urban context, and provides a new interpretation to the relationship between stages and audiences.

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery: Proving Ground: UNESCO's Laboratories

An Architecture of Repatriation for East Rennell, Solomon Islands

This project begins by envisioning the repatriation of objects made by the 19th century inhabitants of East Rennell, Solomon Islands, taken from the island as part of collection activities undertaken during British colonial rule. While the southern portion of the island has been declared a World Heritage site, the northern end is occupied by a mine that produces bauxite, an ore used in the production of aluminum. The objects, which were transported to the British Museum in London along colonial shipping routes, now return via the contemporary global shipping network in a set of generic containers. Upon arrival, the repatriated objects are deposited in an architecture of components that echo the island’s cultural history, emphasizing these objects’ connection to Rennellese architecture, community spaces and traditional surface ornament.

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery: Life/Work Practice

THE HYBRID HOUSE

THE HYBRID HOUSE is the headquarters of IMAGINARY ____________, a multidisciplinary practice of 11 individuals dedicated to alternative architectural representation that transcends the standard building as the only legitimate form of architecture. At THE HYBRID HOUSE, a schedule does not exist and content it created 24/7. This proposes new forms of communication in a live work environment.

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ARCH 502A: Architectural Design V Gallery: Life/Work Practice

ArchiCoRe

ArchiCoRe is a practice specializing in Augmented and Virtual reality. Designing their own work/live space, ArchiCoRe uses their knowledge in virtual worlds to create spatial and social separation from work and living to inhabit their own worlds under the same roof.