Cultural and public architecture
TOWARDS AN IMPERFECT UNION
Downtown LA Museum Design
Instructor: Jenny Wu
Fall 2022, SCI-Arc
Location: 137 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Partner: Maggie Zou
Software: Rhino7, Photoshop, After effects, Illustrator, Indesign, Auto CAD
Handwork: 3D print, sanding, painting, CNC cut, electroplated copper and nickel metal
Geometric primitives are the basic shapes that people know and recognize One of the fundamental powers of the basic square, for example, is that our brain immediately recognizes its geometric characteristics, even if its form is not perfectly defined.
In addition to its formal qualities, the cube's articulated method of assembly is the entry point for the entire design. I evolved the cube into a building by combining the different parts in a special way of movement (twisting), locking them into a complete cube. A trace of the assembly is left in the building. This operation of deconstruction and reconstruction simultaneously creates a new architectural language.
RE: INVENTION
Integrated biomedical anti-aging institute
Instructor: Elena Manferdini
Spring 2022, SCI-Arc
Location: El Segundo of Los Angeles County
Partner: Wanyu Chen
Design Development team members: Wan-Yu Chen, Alejandro Aguiera,
Arjun Bharat, Diba Ghazia, Xiao Jin, Qingyang Zong
Software: Rhino7, Unreal Engine4, ZBrush, Photoshop, After effects,
Illustrator, Auto CAD
In order to obtain eternal life and efficient somatic organs that can be repaired and regenerated, human beings have started a long quest.In addition to mechanical aids to solve people's existing problems, scientists have also started to research biomedical technologies. The research in this area is divided into two main parts, one led by animal regeneration and the other by plant meristematic tissue. After testing and considering numerous organisms, scientists began to mass-kill focusing on immortal jellyfish and millennium-lived tree species in undersea organisms to achieve the best anti-aging effect.
At the same time, the two can also achieve a complementary effect. As a hub of the biotechnology industry, Los Angeles is home to many biotechnology companies. There are firms and Labs involved in jellyfish technology andanti-aging medical research as well. This building will not only become a comprehensive laboratory for the study of jellyfish but also the key to the aging and natural death of human civilization.