Inherent criss-crossings of the urban fabric laid a fan-shaped grid for the building. Through overlapping the complex array of programs, this project attempts to fuse an institutional environment with a public retail one, in order to promote public learning as well as education with constant real-life obervations and public feedback.
film exhibition, main passage,and grocery
media lab work arealooking into dome theatre
Film Society & Retail CenterSan Francisco, CAIndividual Undergraduate Studio Project
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 01
Rendering
main passagefacing media lab &student lounge
rooftop terrace/amphitheatre
cafe & main entry below
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 02
Rendering
Division Street
14th Street
Highway 101
12th Street
11th Street
10th Street
Harriso
n Stre
et
Bryant
Street
SITE MAPPING
BestBuy
Costco
greenery
parking
shops & services
bars & restrnts
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 03
Process
Highw
ay 10
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BestBuy
Costco Costco
CostcoCostco
CostcoCostco
Highw
ay 10
1
BestBuy
Highw
ay 10
1
BestBuyHig
hway
101
BestBuy
Highw
ay 10
1
BestBuy
Highw
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1
BestBuy
hot airfrom
computersand
servers
stage
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M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 04
Process
filmlibrary
theatre(film/stage)
school restroom
school restroom
cafe
soundstages
soundstages
soundstages
anim-ation
equipmentcheckout
recordingstudio
dubbingtheatre
dubbingstage
media labavidvideo
avidedit
avidedit
visualcomplabs
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
schoff
archve/storge
serverrooms
data/mech
closetsmechroom
storage
multimediaclassroom
multimediaclassroom
multimediaclassroom
multimediaclassroom
multimediaclassroom seminr
/conf.seminr/conf.
seminr/conf.
seminr/conf.
seminr/conf.
conf. room
studentaffairs
devel./PR
screeningtheatre
publicbathroom
publicbathroom
screeningroom
screeningroom
screeningroom
grocery
circulation
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
retailstores
public green space
amphitheatre
Building Program
schoollobby
lounge exhibit
loading dock
link to BestBuy
link to Costco
RESTRICTED/CONDITIONED AREASclassrooms, theatres, etc.
GREENERYrooftop terrace, grass areas
CIRCULATIONhallways, stairs, etc.
UNRESTRICTED/UNCONDITIONED AREASstores, experimental theatres, etc.
GREENERY
greenery/open area
PARKING
circulation
RESTAUR./BARS
restricted/conditional
area
Site Program
SHOPS/SERV.
unrestricted/unconditional
area
PROGRAMHYBRIDIZATION
PROGRAM ANALYSIS
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 05
Process
iteration 1REACTION TO SITE moiré patterns
REACTION TO ANALYSISsite mapping
iteration 2
iteration 3
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 06
Process
side of building seen from11th St. and Harrison St.
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 08
Sections
restricted/conditional areaunrestricted/unconditional areacirculation
condition dependent on eventfunction/circulation overlap
function/circulation overlap
N
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 1
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 09
Plans
building seen from Highway 101
roof plan with surroundings
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuFilm & Retail | Individual | Academic 12
Rendering
CONCEPTUAL MODELIN SITE
FORMALSTUDIES
Design basis: Carol Young’sUNdesigned folding skirt
UNdesigned EcoCenterSan Francisco, CAIndividual Undergraduate Studio Project
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuEcoCenter | Individual | Academic 13
Models
INTERIORLANDSCAPING
STRUCTURAL MOCK-UP
ADAPTABLE DESIGN The concept behind this design is the adaptability of the building. Due to the flexibility of the thin surface, this building can adjust its floor level heights and shapes by controlling its rope-like poles according to change in natural lighting or to needs of the store’s current exhibition.
sample building configurations
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuEcoCenter | Individual | Academic 14
Diagrams
top view
side view behind adj. bldg.
birdseye view
Paths of paper falling in the air become systems of voids that generated form and concept of the library.
San Francisco, CAIndividual Undergraduate Studio Project
Library
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuLibrary | Individual | Academic 15
Models
TRANSPARENCY
ELEVATION
PLAN
solid transparentgroup individual
video records two sheetsof paper falling
movement ofeach cornerof the paperis traced
tracing oflarger sheetof paper
tracing ofsmaller sheetof paper
3D model depicting voids created by the two sheets
the two voids/volumes join to create a systemof two paths
DESIGN PROCESS
FORMAL STUDY
PROGRAM CIRCULATION
viewing
meetingcomputers
rare
gardenbooks
displaylobby
viewing
meetingcomputers
rare
garden books
displaylobby
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuLibrary | Individual | Academic 16
Diagrams
Traditional B&W Photography& Pencil Drawings
Individual Undergraduate & Personal Works
M.Arch Application | Yunzhi OuArtwork | Individual | Academic & Personal 18
Artwork