Architecture Portfolio

vincent Jian Qian

architecture portfolio

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect’s task there-fore, is to make those sentiments more precise. -Adolf Loos

Contents

Semester-Long Projects

Community Based ProjectFilter Island-Sea Lamprey Research Center + Sports Complex Fall 2012

Structure Emphasized ProjectColumbia College Dance CenterFall 2011

Building System Based ProjectFood Access-Bronzeville Tree Spring 2012

Special Projects

Full Scale Structure Design-BuildNautilus TowerSpring 2011

Photography2010-Current

Community Based ProjectFilter Island - Sea Lamprey Re-search Center + Sports Complex Fall 2012

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section A-A

small boat crane

wildlife & migrating bird sanctuary52 acres: hiking trails, urban camping,wetlands, shoreline habitat, woodedpreserve, native prairie plantings

600' 1600'100'

bridge connection to NortherlyIsland & museum campus

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2,000 meter rowing course & small craftapproach

tour boat swap

crew boathouse + dock

1" = 250'

memorial

250'

main entrance

rowing course 2,000 meter mark

crew race observation deck

relocated helipad

boardwalk

water flow

water flow

Panicum virgatum (switchgrass)Helianthus anuus (sunflower)

wetland plant community includes:

Scirpus acutus (hardstem bulrush)Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro' (daylily)

Spartina pectinata (prairie cordgrass)Iris germanica (bearded iris)

Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail)Solidago ohioensis (Ohio goldenrod)

Sagittaria latifolia (arrowhead)Medicago sativa (alfalfa)

Brassica juncea (indian mustard)Nymphaea odorata (fragrant water lily)

Allium tricoccum (ramp, wild leek)Agapanthus africanus (lily of the Nile)

wildlife community includes:

Navy Pier

Jardine Water Filtration Plant

gateway park

public plaza

bird-friendly windturbines + water pumps

relocated police building

Mississippi Flyway bird migration route

Northerly Island

Adler Planetarium

pedestrian & bikecirculation loop

Shedd Aquarium

horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland - 289 acres

water moved through systemwith wind-powered pumps

Filter Island: Plan

Research Center+Community HubLake Michigan, Chicago, IL

This studio addresses the issue of contemporary public space and public natural resources through the twinning of infrastructure and a complex com-munity-based program on a water-based site.

Design a landscape to slow and filter polluted water flowing between the Chicago River and Lake Michigan; and, each architect student design a building with a dual program: a Community Hub which in this case is sports complex and Research Center for the study of invasive species.

In this individual building, a research center of sea lamprey and a commu-nity sports complex are being merged together.

The research center program includes labs, offices, indoor fish tank, admin-istration offices and supporting areas; the sports section provides a swim-ming pool, a tennis court, two basket-ball courts, a indoor gymnasium, and supporting functions.

Filter Island Overview

832.16

section A-A

small boat crane


600' 1600'100'


N


tour boat swap


1" = 250'

memorial

250'

main entrance



relocated helipad

boardwalk

water flow

water flow










Navy Pier


gateway park

public plaza




Northerly Island

Adler Planetarium


Shedd Aquarium



Filter Island: Plan

Take the body shape and moving pat-tern as the concept of the initial circu-lation.

First massing model: based on the early idea of each architecture stu-dents gets as much land as needed.

Spreading all the program on a flat site and connect each building by different paths.

After the collaborative decision, each student will get approximately size of 200 ft x 200 ft “island”. Instead of spreading the program horizontally, arranging the program vertically be-comes necessary.

Filter IslandConcept

Filter Island

OpeningEnclosure

Basketball

Public Circulation Enclosure

Gymnasium

Tennis

Basketball

Public/SupportingResearch

Community Sports Complex is a pub-lic facility that provides easy access for local residents. In order to cover all kinds of users for different kinds of sports and seasons, providing a build-ing with variety of sports and both indoor and out door functions are the two keys.

Programing

Skin Development

Structure System

Filter IslandSkin/Structure

F 1

1. Lobby/Exhibition2. Media Lab3. ConferenceRoom4. Library5. Cafe6. Restroom7. Phd Research Office8. Kitchen/Staff Lounge9. Research Lab10. Admin. Of-fice11. Fish Tank12. Pool

20 ft

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12

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6

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B

832.16

section A-A

small boat crane


600' 1600'100'


N


tour boat swap


1" = 250'

memorial

250'

main entrance



relocated helipad

boardwalk

water flow

water flow










Navy Pier


gateway park

public plaza




Northerly Island

Adler Planetarium


Shedd Aquarium



Filter Island: Plan

Filter Island Floor Plan

20 ft

F 21. Outdoor Patio2. Loker Room3. Restroom4. Shower Room

1

33 44

22

20 ft

F 31. Indoor Basket-ball Court

1

20 ft

F 41. Tennis Court

Filter IslandFloor Plans

20 ft

1

20 ft

F 51. Indoor Gym-nasium

1

20 ft

F 61. Outdoor Bas-ketball Court

1

Filter Island Perspectives

20 ft

20 ft

West Elevation

Section A

Filter IslandElevations/Sections

South Elevation

Sectiovn B

Filter Island Perspectives

Filter IslandResin Modeling

The final model in 1/16” scale is de-cided to be made by casting resin.

It required the steps of making molds, mixing the resin, casting, polishing, and laser etching.

Before the step of casting, the struc-ture components(trusses) was hot glued onto the mold.

Struture Emphasized ProjectColumbia CollegeDance/Performance Arts Center Fall 2011

site plan

Client: Columbia CollegePerformance Center/Dance Studio

11th and Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

The Columbia College School of Fine and Performing Arts has expressed the desire for a new facility to house the needs of their flourishing program. The following program spaces have been requested for said new facility:

500 seat theater + stage: 12000SF ticket office: 150 SFlobby + event space: 4600 SFcafe/resturant: 8000 SF6 small dance studios: 3600 SF4 large dance studios: 6000 SF3 small classrooms: 1800 SF1 large classroom/smart: 1200 SFlibrary: 500 SFgreen room: 450 SFdressing rooms: 1440 SFstorage: 3500 SFlaundry + bath: 400 SFsound + media lab: 300 SFloading dock: 1800 SFoffices (dance department): 1500 SFoffices (deans office): 1500 SFcivic component

existing parkon the west side of the site

grant parkon east side of the site

Dance Center Overview/Site Condition

administrative

1,500 NSF

administrative

1,500 NSF

restroomsprivate

300 NSF

restroomspublic

300 NSF

columbia cafeconcessions

8,000 NSF

largeclassroom

1,200 NSF

smallclassroom

600 NSF

dance studiosmall x 6

3,600 NSF

dance studiolarge x 4

6,000 NSF

dressing rooms

1,500 NSF

greenroom

420 NSF

laundryroom

120 NSF

campuslibrary

600 NSF

loadingdock

1,800 NSF

sceneshop

770 NSF

private shower

300 NSF

soundmedia

lab

300 NSF

main stage

4,000 NSF

storageunits

3,500 NSF

student studylounge

4,600 NSF

performing artstheater

500 seats

8,000 NSF

box

150 NSF

lobbyevent space

4,000 NSF

restroomspublic

300 NSF

restroomsprivate

300 NSF

private shower

300 NSF

two main entrances for students-one for performers-one for class, studio, lounge, and facilitiesseparated dance studiosclassrooms sizes linked to studios

offices for dean + chairdirect above the academic spaceoffice for theaterright next to the auditoriumdirect link to lobby

three main entrance for visitorsloading dock for quipmentpublic restrooms

student adjacencies

adminadjacencies

publicadjacencies

two main entrance to theaterall supporting space directly linked to stageseparate space from public

theateradjacencies

Massing Models

Dance CenterAdjacency

theater

public

academicgreen roof

The whole building height curtain wall system bring the maxim amount of day lighting.

The “overhanging skylight” creates extra sun light path for the lobby.

On the east part of the building, dou-ble skin system is introduced to keep a more stable indoor environment for dance studios and also creates more privacy for the dancers who don’t want to be seen from the street while they are practicing.

first skin

tesion cables

second skin

first skin

Dance Center Further Development

Winter Sun Summer Sun

25 ft

Final modelDance Studio

Perspective

Site Plan

Dance CenterRoof Plan

25 ft

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74

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7 76 6

1. Lobby2. Scene Shop3. Green Room4. Storage5. Cafe6. Kitchen Area7. Restroom

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1. Stage2. Auditorium3. Dressing Room4. Shower Room5. Laundry Room6. Ticket Room7. Restroom8. Smart Classroom (L)9. Classroom10. Dance Studio(S)

Dance Center Plans

F 1

F 2

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1. Dance Studio(S)2. Dance Studio(L)3. Dressing Room4. Shower Room5. Laundry Room6. Admin. Office-Theater7. Restroom

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1. Student Lounge2. Library3. Media Lab4. Restroom5. Dance Studio(L)6. Admin. Office-Dean 25 ft

elevation (west)

section(west)

Dance CenterPlans/Section/Elevation

West Elevationand Section

F 3

F 4

Dance Center Perspective

View of lobby looking down from bridge

Green Sky

Concrete

South Elevation

East Elevation

South Section

Dance CenterSection/Elevation

glazing color mixture selection

perspective from wabash ave

View from Michigan ave

Dance Center Exterior Perspectives

corner detail

curtain wall detail

Dance CenterWall Section and Details

green roof detail

Dance Center 3D Wall Details

Structure model

Building System Based ProjectFood Access-Bronzeville Tree Spring 2012

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Cook County and Wayne County

Cook CountyArea: 1,635 sq. mi.Population: 5,194,675Density: 5,491.3/sq.mi.

Wayne CountyArea: 672.2 sq. mi.Population: 1,820,584Density: 2,963/sq.mi.

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Client: Bronzeville Neighborhood Food Access/Community Center

43rd and Prairie, Chicago, IL

The project of Bronzeville Food Ac-cess is initiated to increase the com-munity activity and to provide more food potions in the area of food desert.

There are several key parameters have to be considered as the guides of the design:

-What is the best kind of facility to be introduced to influence the community in the best way?

-How to use the healthy food resource and community history/culture as a key to build a better neighborhood?

-How does the building attract people from community - how to make a strong relationship between residents and the building?

After the group discussion, restaurant, cafe, community kitchen and history gallery is decided to be the core pro-gram of the project. And additionally, music performance is introduced as the key attraction for the neighbor-hood.

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IllinoisStatehood: 1818Capital: SpringfieldArea: 57,914 sq. mi.Population: 12.8 millionDensity: 223.4/sq. mi.Time Zone: Central

MichiganStatehood: 1837Capital: LansingArea: 80,174 sq. mi.Population: 9.9 millionDensity: 102.2/sq. mi.Time Zone: Eastern

Illinois and Michigan

Miles

COMMUNITY CENTERS

CHURCHES

FOOD ACCESS

Bronzeville Tree Overview

Concept/Adjacency Bronzeville Tree

Form DevelopmentBronzeville Tree

Education

History/Food EduCommunity

Restaurant/Performance

Pedestrian

CTA commute

FUrther Development Bronzeville Tree

Stairs

Openings

Horizontal Circulation

Elevator

Site Aerial View

1/16” modelSite Plan

Bronzeville Tree

Heat Chimney Function of the “Music Cage“

Basic structure and idea of “Music Cage“

Early model of “Music Cage“

Sketch of “Music Cage“

Music Cage

Site Plan Bronzeville Tree

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6

10 ft

Looking up of the “Music Cage“

Night Musical Event

1 F

1, Restaurant2, Performance Center3, Retail/Coffee Shop4, Restaurant Kitchen5, Performance Prepare6, MEP Room

Plan/PerspectivesBronzeville Tree

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10 ft

2 F

1, Multi-porpose Event Space2, Childcare3, Rentable Kitchen4, Community Technology Room5, MEP Room

Plan/Perspective Bronzeville Tree

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10 ft

View in the History Gallery

3 F

1, History Gallery2, Conference Room3, Education Kitchen(s)4, Office5, MEP Room

Plan/PerspectiveBronzeville Tree

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45

10 ft

Day View From Under CTA Station

4 F

1, Classroom2, Locker Room 3, Conference Room4, Main Office5, MEP Room

Plan/Perspective Bronzeville Tree

West Elevation

West Section

10 ft

Elevation/SectionBronzeville Tree

South Elevation

Perspective Section

10 ft

Elevation/ 3D Section Bronzeville Tree

3D wall Section

Mullion Detail

Wall Section

Wall Section/Curtain Wall DetailsBronzeville Tree

Nautilus TowerSpring 2011

where it is

Nautilus TowerMain Material: Cardboard Tubes

IIT Campus, Chicago, IL

This is a group project that requires significant structural knowledge and high crafting skills.

As a final examination of semester-long structure studying, students are asked to show their ability of handling complex structure problems with aes-thetic consideration.

In the group of six, we started with concept of natural spiral shape, then as design processing we adapted the idea of double spiral which came from the idea of DNA chain. The main mate-rial of the tower is cardboard tubes in order to minimize the weight of the whole structure.

OverviewNautilus Tower

Concept/Formwork Nautilus Tower

After created the digital model in Rhino, 2D CAD file was exported in order to make the form work by laser cutting the MDF sheets.

Working ProcessNautilus Tower

Foundation Design Nautilus Tower

Final WorkNautilus Tower

Photography2010 - current

ISO 200, f/10, 18 mm, 1/80 sec

ISO 100, f/10, 18 mm, 1/320 sec

ISO 320, f/10, 18 mm, 1.3 sec

ISO 320, f/10, 38 mm, 1/100 sec

ISO 100, f/10, 32 mm, 1/100 sec

Vincent J. Qian3159 S Princeton Ave Apt 2f Chicago, IL 60616

[email protected] 312-752-7165

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Skills:Softwares:

Portfolio link: http://issuu.com/vincentqian/docs/portfolio-jianqian-2013

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Experience:

Awards/Activities:

Seeking an architectural related position to utilize my skills and knowledge of architecture and civil engineering.

• Autodesk Revit 2013, CAD, 3ds Max, Ecotect and Vasari; • Adobe Creative Suite; • Rhino; • Google Sketchup 8 + Vray; • LBNL Therm 6 and window 6

• Windows XP/Vista/7; • Microsoft Office Suite; • Microsoft Movie Maker

• Chinese languages: Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese; • Expert in speaking/reading/ writing English

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 05/2013 Degree: Master of Architecture

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China 06/2010 Degree: Bachelor of Civil Engineering

Ningbo Eastern Architecture Design Company, Ningbo, Zhejiang, P.R. China 01/2009-02/2009 Intern • Assisted in lab testing of materiality and structure • Technical papers preparation • English-Chinese documents translation Zhejiang Xinsheng Construction, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China 07/2009-08/2009Intern of construction site • Assisted in measurement and collating information • Assisted of construction supervision

Freelance Graphic Designer 01/2010-Current • Poster and Booklet Design

• Bronze rewards for scientific research (group), 06/2009 Zhejiang University • Team Innovation Scholarship, 03/2009 Zhejiang University City College • Bronze award, the 6th Structural Design Competition, 11/2008 Zhejiang University City College • Practice Education Scholarship, 11/2008 Zhejiang University City College • Bronze award (group), 9th Zhejiang University Structural 11/2008 Zhejiang University City College • Second award, Team Science Competition, 06/2008 Zhejiang University City College

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