portfolio march

PORTFOLIOMaster of Architecture University of Michigan

Di Fan

DI FAN

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

Email: [email protected]: 734-353 5133Current Address: 240 Chubb Ave, Apt 362, Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China 2009-2014 Bachelor of Architecture GPA:3.5University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 2014-2016 Master of Architecture GPA:3.5

InternMyefski Architects Inc, Evanston, IL 2015.5-2015.7 Doing construction documentary work by using Revit Involved in a couple of student housing and multi-family housing projects design Digital Model making & Diagram drawing

InternSuzhou Institute of Architectural Design Co. Ltd, China 2013.7-2013.10 Assisting the instructor to conduct project design and construction documentary with Auto-CAD Processed with Design Data and participated in project budgeting

InternSuzhou Electronics Design Institute, China 2012.7 Mapping the sketches of houses of an old village in Shanghai Drawing the sketches with Auto CAD

COLLEGE&SOCIAL ACTIVITIESUNCC&USTS Joint Design, Urban Design supervised by Prof. Lin, Zhongjie 2013.6

IFLA Student Volunteer 2010.6

“During his internship, Di worked closely with architects and designers on a variety of project types at various phases of design and construction. The internship allowed Di the opportunity to learn under the guidance of experienced design professionals. The internship program focused on providing Di with practical experience in a professional design firm.

Di’s daily collaboration with design professionals provided exposure a variety of design- related tasks. He assisted the studio with early conceptural planning. Di created detail drawings and de-veloped documents for projects currently under construction.

During his internship, Di demonstrated good design skills, thoughtfulness, and attention to de-tail. He exhibited a self-motivating attitude in learning new aspects of the profession.

The internship with Di was a positivve experience for our firm as his performance exceeded ex-pectations. We believve Di has a promising future as an Architect.” --John Myefski Principal and President Myefski Architects Inc.

CONTENTS

SUNNYSIDE UP [URBAN DESIGN]

MELT POINT [HOUSING]

COLLECTIVE XOCHIMILCO[HOUSING]

HANSHAN CULTURAL MUSEUM [ARCHITECTUAL DESIGN]

HIGHRISE? OR COMMERCIAL STREET? [ATCHITECTUAL DESIGN]

SUNNYSIDE UPUrban Design 2015.9-2015.12Instructor: Roy Strickland

Project Summary[Individual Work]Location: Queens, NYCSite: Sunnyside Yards, AMTRACK Railway StationArea: apprx 2.3 x 0.4 Mile

Project DescriptionThe studio focuses on the urban design for an undeveloped one-half square mile of New York City--Sunnyside Yards. The site is an acive train yard for AMTRAK, the national railroad system, and lies opposite Manhattan on the East River, Subdividing rapidly changing neighborhood in the bor-ough of Queens, it’s one of the largest un-developed site in one of the world’s most important cities.

Given the size and the complexity of the site, the studio does not focus on architec-ture but on urban scale--the building and special forms, programs and circulation networks that will intergrate Sunnyside Yards with New York and the region.Stu-dio members will develop individual urban design concepts encompassing housing, parks, institutions, schools, sports facili-ties, transportation hubs or other features of their choosing to give vision to the site’s potential.

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

MIXED-USE

INDUSTRIAL

TRANSIT HUB

COMMERCIAL

MIXEDRESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIALOPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

INSTITUTIONAL

EDUCATIONAL

New York City

Queens

Sunnyside Yard

TOD & City Public SpaceConsidering that the site is build above the tran traks, and the very important subway line 7 and N passing through, the concept focuses on using a transit hub to connect subway, railway and ground transporta-tion from Manhattan to Long Island. Dif-ferent type of city public space are well designed in between different land use. The whole project combined commercial, educational, institutional and residential together to create a new CBD in Queens.

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

MIXED-USE

INDUSTRIAL

TRANSIT HUB

COMMERCIAL

MIXEDRESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIALOPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

OPEN SPACE

INSTITUTIONAL

EDUCATIONAL

Site Plan

Program Road Hirearchy

Green Space

Transportation [Bus Line]

FIgure Ground

Land Use

FOCUS AREA

FOCUS AREA

MELT POINTHousing 2015.1-2015.4Instructor: Julia McMorrough

Project Summary[Team Work]Location: Ann Arbor, MISite: Plymouth Rd & Maiden LnArea: apprx 550 ft * 600 ft

Project DescriptionThis project aims to study from several given precedents by instructor and com-bine their features to design a new housing project in Ann Arbor. The housing project has some limitations[each group design with different core values] and be related with sustainable design. Our team were given several limitations such as medium density, mid rise, anti balcony and dou-ble loaded corridor, etc. Considering the weather in Michigan and people’s needs in the sourrounding area, we designed the project with an open commercial space on the ground floor. Each unit takes 2 floors and the balconies are hidden inside the curtain wall in order to reduce the heat es-caping. The interior and exterior environ-ments are well designed to give residents different feelings.

Wall Section-Stacked Bedrooms-Steel Screen Facade

Unit A

Unit B

WALL SECTION - PORCH + LAMINATE WOOD FACADE

1 LAMINATE WOOD SCREEN 1

2

3

5

2 WOOD STUD3 POLYSTYRENE4 GLASS FOAM WITH SLOPE 1:1005 STEEL I BEAM6 CONCRETE SLAB7 DOUBLE GLAZING WINDOW WALL8 WOOD FLOOR9 INSULATION10 IPE 8011 STEEL SCREEN, LACQUERED AND POST-GALVANIZED12 FLOOR TILE

5 6

7

8

9

4

WALL SECTION - PORCH + LAMINATE WOOD FACADESCALE 3/4” = 1’-0”

Julia McMorroughJayne Choi, Wenye Zhu, Di Fan

MELTING POINTARCH 562 · SYSTEMS STUDIO · WINTER 2015

Wall Section-Porch-Laminated Wood Facade

SITE PLAN

N

0 5 10 20 30 50

MALL

HOSPITALCHURCH

COLLECTIVE XOCHIMIL-COThesis 2016.1-2016.4Instructor: Jan Maigret

Project Summary[Individual WorkLocation: Xochimilco. MexicoSite: A City BlockArea: Approx 430ftx400ft

Project DescriptionIn order to improve living conditions for the demographic of Mexican people living under poverty line and create a new sustainable living environment centered on open spaces, this thesis explores an alternate approach to housing in Xochimilco. The project engages three scales of open collective spac-es as spatial and programmatic organizers for housing. This approach to shared grounds provides higher a quality of life for all residents as it provides access to a diverse set of amenities and facilitates improved climatic conditions for housing units. Shared thresholds, including corridors and staircas-es, and functional rooms, including kitchens, dining rooms and laundry rooms, act as extensions of these collective spaces and help build relationships among neighbors. The variety of courtyards establish neighborhoods within the larger block and bring colorful daily activities into the community. Small water infrastructures are organized to collect rain water and further reinforce the social and environmental connections with the city. The project demonstrates how a design approach that organizes housing around outdoor activities, water collection and gardens establishes a model of living built on qualities of openness. In contrast to communities that are separated from the city either physically (gated communities) or geographically (informal settlements), Collective Xochimilco offers a new potential for the connectivity between the city, outdoor activities and the quality of everyday life.

SECTION A SECTION B SECTION C

SECTION A SECTION B SECTION C

15 min

15 m

in

DOWNTOWN

TRAJINERA DOCK

ChurchHospital

Bank

Shopping Mall

Store

Store

Store

Location Context Dimension

COLLECTIVE XOCHIMILCO

COLLECTIVE XOCHIMILCO

Ground Floor Plan

DRY SEASON

A

B

RAINY SEASON

WATER TREATMENT PLANT

WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

THRESHOLD-HYBRID CORRIDOR & PORCH

DRY SEASON

A

B

RAINY SEASON




Threshold-Hybrid Corridor & Porch

Corridor & Inner Courtyard

DRY SEASON

A

B

RAINY SEASON




DRY SEASON

A

B

RAINY SEASON




DRY SEASON

A

B

RAINY SEASON




Water Collection System-Dry Pool & Treatment Plant

Water Treatment Plant

1ST FLOOR PLAN 0 5 10 20 30 50

PRIVATE & PUBLIC COURTYARD

COLLECTIVE SPACE

SHARED KITCHEN&LOUNGE

SHARED LAUNDRY&LOUNGE

FRONT YARD

WATER PLANT PLAYGROUND SOCCER FIELD

Private Courtyard

Public Courtyard


COLLECTIVE SPACE



FRONT YARD


Private Courtyard

Public Courtyard


COLLECTIVE SPACE



FRONT YARD


Private Courtyard

Public Courtyard

Collective Rooms-Kitchen & Laundry

Group A 1st Floor Plan

Shared Kitchen

PLAZA

TIANGUIS [STREET MARKET]

GAZEBO

BOTANICAL GARDEN

Collective Xochimilco

Di Fan

InIn order to improve living conditions for the demographic of Mexi-can people living under poverty line and create a new sustainable living environment centered on open spaces, this thesis explores an alternate approach to housing in Xochimilco. The project en-gages three scales of open collective spaces as spatial and pro-grammatic organizers for housing. This approach to shared grounds provides higher a quality of life for all residents as it prvides access to a diverse set of amenities and facilitates improved climatic conditions for housing units. Shared thresholds, including corridors and staircases, and functional rooms, including kitch-ens, dining rooms and laundry rooms, act as extensions of these collective spaces and help build relationships among neighbors. The variety of courtyards establish neighborhoods within the larger block and bring colorful daily activities into the community. Small water infrastructures are organized to collect rain water and further reinforce the social and environmental connections with the city. The project demonstrates how a design approach that or-ganizes housing around outdoor activities, water collection and gardens establishes a model of living built on qualities of open-ness. In contrast to communities that are separated from the city either physically (gated communities) or geographically (informal settlements), Collective Xochimilco offers a new potential for the connectivity between the city, outdoor activities and the quality of everyday life.

PLAZA

TIANGUIS [STREET MARKET]

GAZEBO

BOTANICAL GARDEN

Collective Xochimilco

Di Fan

InIn order to improve living conditions for the demographic of Mexi-can people living under poverty line and create a new sustainable living environment centered on open spaces, this thesis explores an alternate approach to housing in Xochimilco. The project en-gages three scales of open collective spaces as spatial and pro-grammatic organizers for housing. This approach to shared grounds provides higher a quality of life for all residents as it prvides access to a diverse set of amenities and facilitates improved climatic conditions for housing units. Shared thresholds, including corridors and staircases, and functional rooms, including kitch-ens, dining rooms and laundry rooms, act as extensions of these collective spaces and help build relationships among neighbors. The variety of courtyards establish neighborhoods within the larger block and bring colorful daily activities into the community. Small water infrastructures are organized to collect rain water and further reinforce the social and environmental connections with the city. The project demonstrates how a design approach that or-ganizes housing around outdoor activities, water collection and gardens establishes a model of living built on qualities of open-ness. In contrast to communities that are separated from the city either physically (gated communities) or geographically (informal settlements), Collective Xochimilco offers a new potential for the connectivity between the city, outdoor activities and the quality of everyday life.

Plaza-Multi Activities

Courtyard

Plaza for Street Market

HANSHAN CULTURAL MUSEUM

Project Summary[Team work]Location: Suzhou, ChinaSite: Area: apprx 2.3 x 0.4 Mile

Project DescriptionThis project is based on students under-standing of historial buildings and its cul-tural, and design a museum about Bud-dism Temple in China. Students will take some training about museum circultaion, public space, and concept design. Also, they will need to find interraltionships between the museum and its context. In this project, I used an Buddism icon 卍 [it stands for auspicious] as the main fig-ure of the building. The configuration also followed the temple by one strong center and a courtyard inside. There are also several axis which followed the context and divided the interior spaces.

Architectural Design 2012.2-2012.6Instructor: Dehua Qiu

Model in Progress

Concept

1st/2nd Floor Plan

HIGH RISE? OR COM-MERCIAL STREET?

Project Summary[Team work]Location: Suzhou, ChinaSite: Area: apprx 2.3 x 0.4 Mile

Project DescriptionThe High Rise Studio aims to training stu-dents ability to solve complicated architec-tural design. The concept design, design development, schematic design and the construction documents need to be well trained. Student will think about the con-text and the sustainable design as well. My concept is to redefine the ground floor space as an open commercial street--to provide multipal service to the surround-ing areas. The tower part also combined several public space for the office staffs. The double layered curtain wall reflected the sunlight in order to cool down the inte-rior temperature.

Architectural Design 2013.2-2012.6Instructor: Dehua Qiu

portfolio march

Documents