solid mirage

2013 portfolio

jinglu li

studio work

personal non-studio work

republic of wynwoodpixel cloudstretched labcommunication bazzarnot just garagenew york super sewerflexible cuberegenerate go-chair

new york super sewerrain and cloudmaterial explorationform expolorationmodel makingrecent sketche

guangzhou ifc urban planingprofessional work

republic of wynwood-A condo for timeshare travelers

12 Fall601 Brian Phillips Studio workselected in PennDesign <Work Book 2012-2013>

Republic of Wynwood’s (ROW) targets time-share travelers who are not satisfied by traditional travel model. Compared with ordinary hotel guests, they are more interested in being authen-tically connected to the local community rather than simply treated as tourists.

Although Wynwood is not on the beach, it’s art-based context and central role in Art Basel presents a different kind of insider Miami experience. Unlike most condos in Miami, ROW redistrib-utes the proportion between public space and private space. By providing a continuous balcony, ROW creates a multilayered circulation system which encourages people to build social con-nections with each other. ROW maximizes the ability for travelers to establish strong relationships with the local community.

SITE

Wynwood,Miami

Miami DilemmaAfter the economic bubble crashed in 2008, both the construction and the sale of new condo fallen into the trough. Both developers and potential clients were no longer able to support the huge debt they had. But meanwhile as a global city Miami is still attractive for immigrants from Latin America and Asia.

Definitely, the existing Miami Model no longer maintained the prosperity of real estates.

Price(millon)

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18

24

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36

30

Time(month)wait for sale

North BeachMiami Beach

Miami Downtown

Art Districts

BrickellCoconut Grove

South Beach

Miami Condos available on market

site

Sufficient space

Accessiblity

Appropriate height

No shelter

Appropriate orientation

Shelter

Less accessiblity

Artwork

Facility

Great View

Sufficient Privacy

Social Opportunities

Nice Sunshine

Recreational Facilities

Art Events

Balcony

Passway&Corridor

Public recreation area

Art gallery

Basic unit

Advanced unit

Integrated Balcony

Private section

lobby

Hi

lobby

Awesome!

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Design Concept

Program mapping1 Increased public space could accomondate more social events.2 Public programs are set on top floor and ground floor to better activate circulation network3 A connected balcony becomes the shared public space for all guests

Program mapping

Plan Network0

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35feet

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Elevation Cut

1 Construction Detail2 Double Height Unit3 Atrium4 Platform

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1. sunbathe on balcony2. elevated lobby3. back corridor4. top hall5. contrast between street facade and balcony facade6. swimming pool

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pixel cloud

13 Spring602 Shawn Rickenbacker Studio work (in progress)Cooperate with Jason Potter(role: Site research, concept develop, massing develop)

Pixel cloud is an air remediation complex located in downtown NYC.

The pixelized form creates maximized surface to absorb pollutants while exhibiting a varity of spatial possibilities. An obeserve deck connects all programs along the zigzag surface and atriums are set to introduce natural light into the building, Based on the spatial organization of pixel, the massing evolves a series of continuous spaces with varied desities, solidities and lighting environments. Like a cloud without solid boundaries, the complex is integrated with the community. Meanwhile, the spaces within space give extensive space definitions and allow the professionals working in the station maintain privacy.

Soho, New York

Canal Street S 6th Street EVarick Street WGrand Street N

45 feet

100 feet

Vehicle

Wind

Sun Path

Canal StVa

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sixth

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Site pollution analysis

Site is unrolled to four facades each of which has different pol-lution degree and system gives respond to each side of the site.

Cube Module Iteration

Bottom-pixel organization iterations

Pixels are organized in different ways according to wind direction and sun height.

massing cracked discreted dispersion centripetal force dynamic framework

space facade topography void system structure neurons

1 Pressure Tank2 Green Field3 Lobby4 Cafe

Ground Floor Plan 2nd Floor Plan

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1 Truss Grid Structure2 Cube Massing3 Integrated System

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10 30

70feet

1 Exhibition Hall2 Deck3 Auditorium4 Gym5 SPA6 Lab

Form Develop

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2nd Floor Plan

1 Exhibition Hall2 Deck3 Auditorium4 Gym5 SPA6 Lab

Canal Street Grand Street

South Wind

112 feet

160 feet

82’’ 1 2 3 4 5

1.Exhibition Hall2.Lobby3.Cafe4.Research Center5.Upper Lobby

Long Section

Pressure Tank

1 Atrium2 Professional Zone3 Public Zone

Concept Section

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Canal Street Grand Street

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context speed experience context resharped by experience

stretched lab12 Spring502 Mark Kroeckel Studio workselected in PennDesign <Work Book 2011-2012>

Distance and volumn are not always measured visu-ally. Given the same room,the same building, the same street,or the same city, people always get different experiences because of their different speeds.In this project, building is a tool to redesign users’ speeds. Each program of the building could put certain impact on people’s speed. When the property is well applied to the design process, these programs could compose a network of speed incubators. Then people could have better experience while they are the dy-namic elements of the network.

Philadelphia

The site contexts are translated to a speed map in terms of the ability they attract people’s attention and affect people’s speed.

Speed Map of Site

Benjamin Franklin Bridge

2nd street3rd street4th street5th street

Race street

Arch street

Market street

site

hotel gallery retailrestaurant advertising

billboardchurch

museum

time spentattention

Massing Develop

working

communiting

browsing

artwork

entertainment

facilities

commercial

serving roomgallery

workshopstudio

sharedstudio

loungebar

meeting roomlibrary

artshopclassroom

managementoffice

Program Composition

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

staffco-partner

vistor

studio workshop shared work space office

gallery artwork shoplounge bar

library classroommeeting room printing/serving room

user

time consuming

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56feet

Market Floor1 art store2 office3 restaurant4 bar5 saleroom

1st Floor Plan

StudioFloor1 studio2 shared studio3 meeting room4 workshop5 lounge

2nd Floor Plan

Gallery Floor1 gallery /fast path2 studio / slow path

3rd Floor Plan

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3

2

1

4

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2

4

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1. roof2. gallery3. studio4. shared working space5. void

fast

medium

slow

slow

Gallery floor

Studio floor

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Speed with programs

Programart work

visitor

staff

communicatevisit exchange

fastest

fastpublic

browsingcommunication

slowprivate

workingcommunication

entertainment

speed

gallery floor studio floor

mediumpublic

transactioncommunicationentertainment

market floor

communication bazzar11 Fall501 Studio workEye contact is a psychological tie which plays a significant role in people’s daily communication.In many cases, eye contact is affected by the environment in which people walk, sit and talk. Once figure out the relationship between space and eye contact, designers could build up an artificical space which could shorten the psychological distance between people by creating more eye contacts. Exhibition space and meditation space could be the tie to link people’s emotion and attention.

Philadelphia

painting sculpture detailed artwork installation art other visitors interaction

sight cone

closed space half closed space open space

vertical structure stairs auditorium

wall

bright medium dark

chair bar

city square

Program Properties

Space organization

artwork

Sight Cone Iteration

1st floor

2nd floor

3rd floor

stage & bar

communication space

consulting room

meditation room

exhibition space

plan

0

5 15

40feet

1. Mediation space2. Communication space3. Long Section

perspective

green roof attraction

A statue could turn a wasteland into a park; A park could turn an abandoned place into a dynamic community.Therefore,a food truck garage could serve as a catalyst that can activate whole area as long as it is designed not just a garage.

not just garage12 Spring502 Studio work

The Concept of Flexible Cube is when a physical structure is parameterized, some potential properties which maybe contradic-tory to its physical properties could be found and developed.In this case a physical cube is build in para-metric method. When it turns into a surreal deployable structure that could insert into itself, the parametric statistics could reveal a variety of strenchness and volumn.

flexible cube11 Fall501 Visual Study

Regenerate Go-Chair

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Go-Chair’s organic design gives it a form naturally generated from its joints and curves. When regeneration happened, the organization of Go-Chair’s structural component would define a series of iterations which could create great beauty.

11 Fall501 Studio work

new york super sewer12 FallPersonal environment designIn this case, I draw a super sewer system which provides water clean function and could deal with some emergency situations such as water overflowing by setting several layers of filters and dams. The big machine is underground with only an entrance for staff left on ground. The purified water from the outlets could be used for irrigation. And probably the huge underground space could become the home of another NYC,a non-mainstream New York City version.

rain and cloud13 SpringPersonal furniture design

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material exploration11 FallPersonal artwork

model making12 FallSendai Media CenterToyo ItoCooperate with Ming-Chang Liu and William Bintzer

form expoloration13 SpringPersonal industry design

recent sketches

professional workin aedas shanghai12 SummerUrban plan for Guangzhou International Finance Cityrole: circulation design, data anlysis, main tower design, rendering, master plan drawing