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Luchen Guo

live[work]shop ....................................................................................28

urban multiplex ...................................................................................32

push & pull house ...............................................................................38

glowing perspective ...............................................................................40

urban emergence: bronfman expansion ...............................................................43

origami hut .......................................................................................47

a stair ...........................................................................................46

poursuivre son sommeil ............................................................................48

play with light ...................................................................................49

a passage

shakespeare center

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projects from professional experience .............................................................52

carving through time ...............................................................................4

la distributrice ...................................................................................9

community commons 2014 ...........................................................................15

a study of typology ...............................................................................22

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Carving through Time Lyceum competition entry

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1- Entrance Lobby2- Caf3- Bookstore/giftshop4- Memorial5- Performing Artist Studio6- Public Courtyard7- Cafeteria + kichten

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Once an industrial subtraction of nature - the Wells-Lamson Quarry, has become nowadays a manmade well inhabiting water. The sublime nature of the landscape seduces nearby residents into visiting frequently. This project aims to memorize and celebrate the extraction process of the quarry and how it reacts to the environment over years after its abandon.

The building is a single concrete volume that slices into one side of the quarry wall. Its open face gives onto the most excit-ing view towards the central island. Anchored to the rock, it cantilevers gradually from the granite facade. As a result, the tail, housing the artist residence, floats freely in the air. The weathering of the concrete reflects the aging of the granite

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A long passageway is built along the length of the volume. It is both exterior and interior. This promenade is introduced by the entrance ramp that slightly cuts into the granite wall. The first portion of it is exterior in order to permit a constant relationship with nature - granite, air and water. As the entire first half of the building is slightly sloped, one can sense being lifted up from the water, little by little along the walk. Several descents into the water are provided along the walk, allowing access to interactive spaces and to get more intimate with nature. As the water level oscillates, the final steps of these descending stairs become sometimes submerged. The shift from exterior to interior on the promenade happens right after one of the descents.

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A long passageway is built along the length of the volume. It is both exterior and interior. This promenade is introduced by the entrance ramp that slightly cuts into the granite wall. The first portion of it is exterior in order to permit a constant relationship with nature - granite, air and water. As the entire first half of the building is slightly sloped, one can sense being lifted up from the water, little by little along the walk. Several descents into the water are provided along the walk, allowing access to interactive spaces and to get more intimate with nature. As the water level oscillates, the final steps of these descending stairs become sometimes submerged. The shift from exterior to interior on the promenade happens right after one of the descents.

The memorial is a long ramp that derives from the promenade, goes into the frac-ture of the site and turns back to the center of the well, finally disappearing into the water. Walking on it, one can witness the inability of human to grasp the enormity of the sublime nature. The spirit of the death is thus memorized during this prolonged descent into the water.

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On the second half of the building, the promenade becomes an interior corridor serving the artist residence, yet one can have a sensorial and physical expe-rience with the lit up granite walls. A space for communication and relaxation opens up as the artist studio collides with the residence.

La distributrice24/7 transformable vending machine

this project is a research of a narrative for our future relationship with food. with la distributrice, the fastfood culture that starts to dominate our everyday life becomes more emphasized than ever. its transformable nature makes the mass production possible, yet allows various configuration of the exterior volume as well as the interior space.

SCHEME 1: FACADESCHEME 2: CORNERSCHEME 3: ALLEY

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opportunities are given for different activities and human encounters to take place. the tectonic of the structure brings an industrial and mechanical look to the archi-tecture, yet the material (wooden plate + translucent glass panels) renders the space warm and welcoming.

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CROSS SECTION

the vending machine is intended to be used differently at differ-ent time of the day.

less interior space is provided during the day, the place offers separated seatings for individu-als or small group of people to come and go. outdoor terrace and seatings are offered for one to enjoy lunch in the open air. at night, the box expanded and a hidden bar appears as the wine case slides to the other side of the room to close the exit. the plate that covered the wine case slides down to become a bar. the interior space is thus defined by a continuous bar at the perimeter of the room. a dancing floor appears in the middle as the box is pulled apart. people can lean against the bar, drinking, chat-ting, watching others dancing, or even become part of the dance crew. no fulltime staff is required, yet a working space is provided for storage and night-time alcohol serving.

the transformation of the box and each furniture within it is operable by the costumers. maximum contact with the architecture is provided by allowing the client to change the space he/she inhabits: sliding out the hidden chair, pulling out a drawer of the wine machine to get alcohol, pushing the wall to create a new corner space,etc. it is playful and unexpected.

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LONG SECTION

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Community Commons 2014

*note: this is a two-people project where my tasks consists of partici-pating in the design concept, producing a massing model in Rhino, a site plan and sections in AutoCAD and edited further in Illustrator, finally photoshopping the renderings.

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Double Glass Glazing @ 23mm

Metal Decking Roof

Metal Decking Floor

Wall-hang Concrete Panel @ 30mm

Purlins @ 75*200mm

Metal Decking Floorwith Concrete Topping

Concrete Columns @ 600~800 * 600~800 *9050~7150 mm

Steel H beams @ 250*400; 300*550

Concrete beams @ 300*Various (150~900 mm)

Steel Columns @ 400*400 mm*

Concrete Bearing Wall@ 500* Various

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Concrete Retainig Wall@ 500* VARIOUS

Concrete Spread Footing@ 900*600mm

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Public Assembly (Multi-Function Rm/ Auditorium)

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Air exaust louversMetal Flashing

Double Skin Exterior Glazing Mullion

Operable Window for Hot air exhaust

Double Skin Interior Glazingm Mullion wth Thermal Break

Rigid Insulation

Spray Foam Insulation

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H Steel Beam @ 250* 400 mm

H Steel Beam @ 250* 400 mmSuspended ceiling panel

Corrregated Metal Decking with Concrete Topping


Rigid Roof Insulation

Cast on Site Concrete @ 300* Various mm

Air Exauxt Louvers

Insulated Dry wall with Metal Studs @ 170mm

Hollow Steel Tube Joist @ 75* 300 mm @ 600 C.C


Sliding Panel with insulationto be closed in winter

Rigid insulationSoffit glazing

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Fritted pattern for shanding


Shadow box back panelOperable Window for air exaust

Curtain wall glazingOperable window for air intake

Sections above illustrate the natural ventilation that takes place through the building envelope. The plenum between the concrete waffle slab and the steel structure facilitates stack effect, driving warm air in the gym to rise through the double skin and exaust through the louvers at the top. During heating season, the louvers could be covered by insulated sliding panel to prevent thermal bridge. Operable windows allows cross ventilation to happen when neither active cooling nor active heating is necessary. Elevations show the fritting pattern applied to glazing that gradiates based on shading and visibility needs.

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Public Assembly (Multi-Function Rm/ Auditorium)

Public Leisurem (Cafe)

Public Service

Building Service

Building Reception/ Admin.

Sports/ Sport Service

Circulation

PV Panels

Rain Water Reuse

Stack Effect

Cross Ventilation

Cut/ Fill

Controled Natural Lighting

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Double Skin

Thermal Mass

Operable Panelfor Shading/ Insulation

Exploded Program Diagram

Environmental StrategiesKey plan

Exterior Exteriorinterior interior

Steel Flashing

Air/ Vapor Barrier

Double Skin Exterior Glazing

Air exaust louversMetal Flashing

Double Skin Exterior Glazing Mullion

Operable Window for Hot air exhaust

Double Skin Interior Glazingm Mullion wth Thermal Break

Rigid Insulation

Spray Foam Insulation

Rigid Insulation

H Steel Beam @ 250* 400 mm

H Steel Beam @ 250* 400 mmSuspended ceiling panel



Rigid Roof Insulation

Cast on Site Concrete @ 300* Various mm

Air Exauxt Louvers

Insulated Dry wall with Metal Studs @ 170mm



Sliding Panel with insulationto be closed in winter

Rigid insulationSoffit glazing

Glazing

Curtain wall glazingMullion



Shadow box back panelOperable Window for air exaust

Curtain wall glazingOperable window for air intake

Sections above illustrate the natural ventilation that takes place through the building envelope. The plenum between the concrete waffle slab and the steel structure facilitates stack effect, driving warm air in the gym to rise through the double skin and exaust through the louvers at the top. During heating season, the louvers could be covered by insulated sliding panel to prevent thermal bridge. Operable windows allows cross ventilation to happen when neither active cooling nor active heating is necessary. Elevations show the fritting pattern applied to glazing that gradiates based on shading and visibility needs.

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Interior finishe(gypsum board)6mm vapour retarderconcrete footinganchor bolt2in rigid insulationenterior protection boardflashing

grass6in soil mediumreservoir layer with optional aggragates2in rigid roof insulation6mm vapour retarderdrainage layerroof membraneprotection coursewater proofing membraneconcrete waffle slab structure

interior floor finishraised up floor ventilation system-air space200mm concrete slab as thermal mass2in rigid insulation4in aggragatessoil

operable skylight

window venting system(natural ventilation)

raised floor ventilation with cool air coming from bottom of walls(active ventilation)

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A Study of Typology

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live[work]shop

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live [ work ] shop

In the past decades, working at home has become a common social phenomenon in Canada. It helps reduce the vacancy and security issues of a residential neighborhood as the units will be occupied almost 24/7; it also increases productivity for the workers being self-employed and motivated; however, such population is relatively socially isolated and physically unshaped as they barely move a foot out of their apartment.

This thesis intends to propose a social living condition where living, working and shopping can co-exist in a single building type, where the private and the public will collide and intertwine for improved social interactions to happen. The building consists of two intertwined systems: an inner core of retail components that brings the public in from the ground level up into a spiral circulation, where the stores are partially owned by the inhabitants living in the residential units of the outer ring. The interesting spatial relationship between the two systems is key for various interactions of dierent users to take place.

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This multiplex project consists in creating a cineplex building in a dy-namic urban context --- the neighbourhood connecting Downtown Montreal to Old Port.

Special attentions are paid to the site - to its particular location (facing the viaduct),to the historical value of the site, to the residen-tial nearby neighbourhood and to the pedestrian travel from the viaduct to the ground level. Thus, a ourdoor public area is created in parallel with the cineplex building, which cuts through the building volume and directs pedestrian travel from the viaduct down to the Old Port direc-tion, or to the potential front garden of the Viger Hotel.

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lobby

cinema box

working area

mechanical space

ourdoor public space

caf

game centre

loading dock

circulation core

This multiplex project consists in creating a cineplex building in a dynamic urban context --- the neighbourhood connecting Downtown Montreal to Old Port.

Special attentions are paid to the site - to its particular location (facing the viaduct),to the historical value of the site, to the residential nearby neigh-bourhood and to the pedestrian travel from the viaduct to the ground level. Thus, a ourdoor public area is created in parallel with the cineplex building, which cuts through the building volume and directs pedestrian travel from the viaduct down to the Old Port direction, or to the potential front garden of the Viger Hotel.

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cross section + circulation diagram

interior circulation

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two-pane window with vertical sunshades

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central airhandling unit

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exhaust air by natural stack effect

outdoor airchilled beam

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ventilation- natural ventilation with stack effect- chilled beam cooling

heating & cooling- active chilled beam system + fan ventilation- radiant heating for cinema interior, using concrete radiant slabs as the chilled beams fail to provide heating at the floor level

sunshades will be installed on the western facade in a angle,efficiantly prevent the summerafternoon sun.

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Since those actions are done three dimensionally, the house appears to sit comfortably in the landscape with two exits that open out to the garden. The shared sloped roof allows more spatial interaction between family members, parental surveillance on children as well.

Circulation of the house recalls the design process, the journey through the house would remind the family of how it is pulled up and stretched out from the ground to become what it is.

East elevation

West elevation

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North elevation

Site plan

Circulation diagram concept diagram

The house is developped through a series of push and pulls. The idea is to have the same spatial dy-namic in plan as well as in section.

Essentially, the plan is being pushed and pulled to accommodate the basic shape of the site and to follow the axis created by the ex-isting trees; yet, every action (push or pull) taken to the plan is applied to the section, parallely in direction and in time. During this process, openings such as skylight, ramp entrance and sloped ceiling are created.

Ground floor plan Second floor plan Third floor plan

Longitudinal section

Entrance pathway Living room

Push & Pull HouseMurdoch Laing House Competition entry

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Since those actions are done three dimensionally, the house appears to sit comfortably in the landscape with two exits that open out to the garden. The shared sloped roof allows more spatial interaction between family members, parental surveillance on children as well.

Circulation of the house recalls the design process, the journey through the house would remind the family of how it is pulled up and stretched out from the ground to become what it is.

East elevation

West elevation

South elevation

North elevation

Site plan

Circulation diagram concept diagram

The house is developped through a series of push and pulls. The idea is to have the same spatial dy-namic in plan as well as in section.

Essentially, the plan is being pushed and pulled to accommodate the basic shape of the site and to follow the axis created by the ex-isting trees; yet, every action (push or pull) taken to the plan is applied to the section, parallely in direction and in time. During this process, openings such as skylight, ramp entrance and sloped ceiling are created.

Ground floor plan Second floor plan Third floor plan

Longitudinal section

Entrance pathway Living room

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This project celebrates the vibrancy of Mctavish Street. Our Light instal-lation explores the superimposed abstract representation of the perspective street view on acrylic panels, and fully utilizes the reactive characteris-tics of acrylic to light. The project examines the use of lighting within both microscopic level and urban design scope. Mctavish Street provides access to some significant buildings of university (McGill bookstore, Redpath and McLennan library, McGill service point, fac-ulty club, SSMU building, Maurrice hall and Bronfman building). The street itself is photogenic during the day. However, although constantly walking along this street, people rarely stop and appreciate the beauty of streetscape. Not to mention when the buildings are fully immersed in the darkness at night and become invisible.

The paneling effect of the light fixture is powerful and eye-catchy, and the entire street is evenly lit up. On a microscopic level, the design inte-grates existing planters on Mctavish Street as part of the structural com-ponent, the structural detail and the detail of drawing on each panel can be examined at a closer position.

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Glowing Perspective seasonal lighting fixture inside McGill campus

*note: this is a four-people project where my tasks consists of participating in the design concept, in the production of a physical Mock-up, and drawing the site plan and two detailed sections in AutoCAD on my own, finally photoshopping the ren-derings.

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The additional light effect can be achieved through programming; the three panels can be lit up one by one to suggest the filtered effect..

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Sanded: the sanded parts are mildly lit, and the light is dif-fused along the surfaces, providing various tones of the drawing;

Cut: the parts being cut have the highest degree of brightness, and it defines the main silouette of the essential components on the drawing;

Engraved: engraved lines are of the lowest degree of bright-ness, adding details to the drawing

The drawings on three acrylic panels all converge to one vanishing point. When standing at certain point, people can witness the subtle superimposition of the three panels. And the sanded, cut, and engraved parts are illustrated with various tone of light on the panels. According to our experiment the other night, 80% of people walking pass the in-stallation were drawn to the light effect first and soon discover the hidden game, and they are engaged to find the right position and play with the perspective effect.

The glowing perspective celebrates the seasonal dynamism and liveliness of mctavish street, and helps people rediscover the beauty and spirit of our campus. Moreover, the interaction at closer position and the view from far aside are equally interesting, pro-viding an enjoyable pedestrian experience.

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The project is an addition to an existing building on the edge of a large, urban university campus. A 40% expansion adds offices, classrooms and reception spaces as well as a 16,000 sqft library. Inspired by crys-tal growth and the juxtaposition of new crystal forms with pre-existing country rock, the addition expands the cur-rent building by growing out of the 1970s concrete struc-ture.The light and transparency of the new steel addition con-trasts with the larger, concrete columns and pre-cast facade of the original building. Steel is showcased on the roof-top terrace where the crystal lattice is reintepreted as structural support for the overhanging penthouse floor.

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The library is one of the two new double-height spaces that cut into the existing build-ing (the other one being the lobby). Students can enjoy the views of the pedestrian street below through the large expanse of glazing. Thin steel mullions divide the facade into a diamond-shaped pattern, the composation of a perticular shape in various scales reads as another interpretation of the crystal lattice.

Circulation patterns in the new building repeat the pattern of the crystal growth as well, as shown in the diagram below.

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Poursuivre son Sommeil entre de la comptition htel de glace

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La rampe principale sera btie en neige, avec une inclinaison de 10%, des plate-formes droites seront situs tous les angles de la chambre.Des blocs de glace seront retirs du grand mur non color, puis seront rempla-cs par des blocs rouges pr-fabriqus. Ces derniers seront, comme expliqu ant-rieurement, placs de plus en plus proche lun de lautre et de plus en plus nombreux. Une lumire incolore sera projete de lextrmit basse du mur vers le haut; elle sera diffuse dans le mur de glace.Le lit sera plac dans une indentation pour que la surface suprieure du matelas se trouve une distance denviron 40cm du plancherde neige. Cette indentation sera entoure par un mur de glace lgrement illumin en rouge, pour garantir latmosphre la plus chaleureuse possible.

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Lhomme passe la moiti de sa vie dans son sommeil, linterieur de ce monde de rves ou tout est pure invention; ou lme entire est endormie, pour faire place de plus douces visions. Dans cette petite chambre de neige meuble uniquement avec un lit, le sommeil devient la seule proccupation de ses habitants. La cham-bre entire se transforme en un voyage architectural vers le sommeil, un prolongement de lentre, car lendormissement, un tat pesant et continu, est une des inexpli-quables merveilles du corps humain quil faut clbrer. Une transition graduelle entre extrieur et intrieur sera introduite par une lgre inclinaison ascendante du plancher qui se ressent ds lentre. Suite la traverse de la porte, un passage assez troit stend avant le visiteur, un mur de glace doucement illumin slve sa gauche. Des cubes de glace rouge capturent et refltent la lumire vers les murs adjascents et crent ainsi une atmosphere chimrique. La chambre incompore un mlange dmerveillement et dexpectations, nourries par la prolongation de la recherche. Toutefois, les attentes ne peuvent tre satisfaites que grace au mouvement. Durant sa promenade, le visiteur dcouvre la logique de placement des cubes: ceux-ci, comme des rappels de lumires sur une autoroute, accentuent laction de la marche. gale-ment, le charactre transitionel de la chambre est reflt par latmosphre qui semble se rechauffer avec lexpansion de la couleur. la fin de sa promenade, le visiteur se retrouve face au lit, lobjet essentiel, celui qui cre la chambre et permet son existence. Entour par trois murs de glace qui descendent graduellement, le lit se prsente comme un endroit secure et intime. Lgrement illumin en rouge, la couleur faisant allusion au feu dans un endroit extrme-ment froid, le lit devient galement un agent chaleureux, lintrus dans un cube de glace.

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entre de la comptition htel de glace

...A Promenade of Light and Shadow & An Imaginary Theatre

Play with Light

this passage design is based on an personal interpretation of a video taken for a perticular model of a passage. the video can be abstract and filming angles can be decieving, therefore the difference between the real model the design drawings made by the viewer can be conside-rable and worth thinking.

the design intention for this passage was to expose and appreciate the materiality of wood,to create illusion by using uni-sized straight wooden sticks that are each twisted in a certain angle.in the same time, some of the structural possibilities of wood are explored.

A Passage

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this project developed through a series of collages based on simple architectural elements. three dimensional spaces are created in the collages and ultimately, a building that enbodies those spaces. this inversed design process allows curious observation of the spaces created by collages. sometimes substraction of elements in the collages needs to be done in order to realize a functional building.

the vignettes are the revised collages that reveal differ-ent moments inside the final building. specific site and program for the building are thereafter chosen to accomo-date the unique characteristics of its spaces.

facing the holy trinity church across the river,stratford-upon-avon,UK

Shakespeare Center

Professional experience Kolshet_Thane competition entry

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selected hotel interior design projects

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Maudives_seaside resort

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Documents

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