2001-2010 Portfolio

AcAdemic & ProfessionAl 2001-2010

Portfolio

IHSUAN LIN

林依萱IH.LINMOKSHA TOWER

2010 Spring

2009 Fall

2009 Spring

2007 Summer

2004-2005

2005-2008

Moksha Tower

Urban Renewal

Grid: Mapping

Municipal Nanzih Primary School

Living on the Verge: Treasure Hill Commune

Professional Practice in Taiwan

Other Works

MOKSHA TOWERVertical cemetery in Mumbai, India

2010 Spring studio, Illinois Institute of TechnologyProf. Anthony Wood, collaboration with YaLin FuApplication: Illustrator, Autocad, Photoshop, Rhino, 3d Max, Sketchup, Vray

Agenda This project was supported by Council of Tall

Buildings and Urban Habitant (CTBUH) in Chicago and the Remaking of Mumbai Federation (RoMF) in Mumbai. We visited Mumbai in February 2010 and attempted to determine which new kind of alternative Tall building types could contribute to improve urban quality in the world’s most dense city. After field research, we noticed that there are multiple religions and a compact population gathered together, but without enough open recreation space. In India, religious doctrines dominate, from daily routine to the matters of life and death. Death is considered one of the most important phases of the whole human process. Many people discussed how to improve the living quality. However, issues relating to the handling of the dead are seldom addressed. We would like to create a high-rise cemetery in order to free up previous ground floor for green space. This would create a vertical resource for the handling and disposal of dead bodies, which would provide storage for the dead in a limited period of time, in order to ensure adequate capacity to continually accommodate new dead.

We studied four religious communities, Hindi, Muslim, Parsi, and Christian, in order to understand their beliefs and funeral processes. Some of the process is not efficient; therefore, we attempted to re-envision the funeral process in for different innovative layouts. We also integrated vegetation into our building facade to reduce the heat-island effect.

The SiteThe site is loaced at C-Ward, where the local

business is flourishing, but where the density of both residential and commercial activity has increased without an adequate increase or improvement to the infrastructure. Additionally, to commute to this area,

most citizens must first take crowded trains, and then spread out from the Marine Lines Station. Different streets specialized in different type of trades, with an informal land-use/zoning-pattern clearly observed, such as clothes or home equipment. Residential use fills up the floors above the commercial space. Religious facilities located in these blocks act as a community core.

The building contentThe ground floor is open to the public; commuters

from the train can walk directly through the site as a shortcut, and neighborhood children can play in the green space. Visitors can access different religious cemeteries via separate elevator cores. We emulate the traditional process for Hindus, who carry the body, perform a sacred ritual service (cremation) along the Ganges river bank and then dump the ashes into the water. According to Islamic doctrine, the dead should be buried under the ground as soon as possible. So we suggest sky gardens in the middle of our building to create a “virtual ground” as a burial yard. The visitors can take small lifting platforms to console their beloved under the garden level. For Christians, we created a series climbing ramps toward the top, to imply a rising towards the heavens. Finally, on the top is the Parsi community, which requires solar panels and vultures, to aid in the decomposition of the bodies.

Hanging structure systemThe four cores in the corners are the main structure

and in each zone and the 5 meter wide trusses are standard girders to connect these 12 core columns. Suspended members hang on the truss to support secondary beam. As a result, different space contextual spaces are created in each zone.


6.75 billion

living people

115 billiondead since the world began

Ville Contemporaine/ Le Corbusier

skyscrapers

?

WHO occupied the most?

EVERYTHING about death/birth

1: 3 WORLD BIRTH/DEATH RATIOFor every dead man, three babies are born

1: 20 INDIAN INFANTS/ALL INFANTSfor every twenty babies born in the world, one of them is born in India

INFANT MORTALITY RATEthe surive rate of indian babies is only one sixth of American babies1: 6

INDIA 34.6/1000USA 6.2/1000

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U.S.A 4.5%CHINA 19.5%

INDIA 17%

6,800,000,000WORLD POPULATION


21,880 people/sq km

603.4 sq km0.12 sq m/1000people

4,883 people/sq km

606.1 sq km17 sq m/1000people

Cememteries

GREEN OPEN RECREATION SPACE

17 sq m/1000people

USA 3rd LOWEST

GREEN OPEN RECREATION SPACE

0.12 sq m/1000people

WORLD LOWEST

HOW MANY places can be used?

Mumbai

Chicago

Green open space

90,0331.02% INDIA

6.4 death @1000 people

1,6021.78% MUMBAI

7.8 death@1000 people

C-Ward

MALE 59.6% FEMALE 40.1%

Death statistics in 2009

site

8,833,503DEATHS IN 2009

7.5 death @1000 people

MumbaiIndia

130

Death in 2009

23,000

Popution

0.6%

Death Ratio

Malabar Hill rises to 180 feet (55 metres)

above sea level, which is highest point

in the city centerand. It’s also located in

Mumbai’s �nest residential areas.

$ 1200+ per square ft

Residents: business tycoons, bollywood stars, politicansWard D: 6.63 sq km

Parsi

100 acreGround area

Plot Ratio

Occupations

Open Space

What happened in 100 acres

Graveyard Mid-rise Building High-rise Building

4000 bodies

25 acre

51

12.5 acre

600 Family400 Family

7.5

87.5 acre0 acre 75 acre

Burn 68098 cadavers

=

1490 cars/ year

Hindu

50kg CO2 2,285kg CO2

CO2 Emission

Burn 1 cadaver 1 Car/ year

Death Ratio

3.21%

Death in 2009

68,098

Popution

2,119,750

2.5 sq m/ person

Burying area

totel need area39,550 sq m

Popution

734,484

Death Ratio

2.15%

Death in 2009

15,820

Muslim

In�uence of di�erent funeral methods

2% area of C-Ward 8% area of C-Ward

1 year 10 years

Tower of Silence 0.527 sq km


SEX RATIOMALES 60%

FEMALES 40%

HOUSEHOLD 60%

SINGLE(MALE) 40%

FAMILY

RELIGION

HINDUS 40%

PARSI 40%

CHRISTIAN 14%

BUDDISTS 7%

MIXED

120 ROOMS/PER BUILDING

EACH ROOM: 10 ft* 10ft= 100 sq ft

TOTAL TENAMENTS: 672

RENT: RS.24/MONTH

MUSLIMS 80%

CHRISTIAN 50%

PARSI 40%

HINDUS 90%

C-WARD DATA

Rs 50,000~100,000/MONTH

Rs25,000~50,000/MONTH

Rs10,000~15,000/MONTH

Rs 5,000~10,000/MONTH

INCOME GROUP

CHAWLS

50%

30%15%

5%

CHAWLSINCOME GROUPRELIGION

Density 114,001/km

Traditional Funeral Process

Hindu public crematorium

Islamic funera l praying at the graveside

Christian ceremony in the church

Parsi tower of slience


Earth

Water

Fire

Sun

Parsi

Christian

Priest lead the ritual Bury to the ground

Bathing the body Ritual in the Mosque

Puja(Pray) Cremation collecting ash Dumping ash to the river

Hindu

Islam

Planting vegetation

Pray Move bosy to the Tower of Slience

Solar energy decays the body

collect part of ash Dump ash to the sea

Mourners condolethe death

Put headstone on the top

Pray the departure of the soul

Enshround deathin the white cotton

Buying the deathinto a grave.Position the head toward Mecca

Site Strategy

Indian Ocean

Marine Drive

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Existing Site Condition

Proposed Site Condition

Ground �oor structure and circulation


Historical Facade

public housing

Islamic burial ground

Parsi Fire Temple

Hindu Crematorium

Parsi’s sport club

Islamic sport club

Parsi :solar pannel

Christian: sloped container

Islam: virtual garden

Hindu: hanging crematorium main automotive route

pedestrian circulation

Marine Lines Station

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Hindu crematorium(large) plan 1/600

Hindu crematorium

Hindu crematorium(medium) plan 1/600

incineration room 1/600


Islamic container level plan 1/800

Islamic graveyard

Islamic garden level plan 1/800

Christian cemetery

Christian container level plan 1/800

Christian entrance level plan 1/800


Parsi towerof slience

Parsi Tower of Slience plan 1/800

Parsi entrance hall plan 1/800

Islamic Grave Yard

Christian Cemetery

Parsi Tower of Slience

Hindu Crematorium


Section 1/1500

Structural System

standerd girder

Islamic sky garden

Islamic zone main girder

Islamic zonre sub-beam

structural model in Islamic zone

structural model in Christian zone

elevators

trusses as girdersmain columns

elevator Core elevators in Core

secondary members suspended

structure with cores


main frame glazing vegetation water supplyweaving material light structure �oor

Facade System

Elevation opening study

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Urban Renewal:New Infrastructure in Chicago Chinatown2009 Fall studio, Illinois Institute of TechnologyProf. Martin FelsenApplication: Illustrator, Photoshop, Autocad, Sketchup, 3D Max, Vray

This project is an in Chinatown, located in South Loop. of Chicago. It was booming becasue of several urban renewal on site to intergrate the multi-culture and hyper-use in a high density area.

Recently, the southern boundary of Chicago downtown has been gradually been extended to the African coomunity. In the future, Chinatown will be located in the part of commercial corridor which is connecting McCormick Place and high rise residential areas. For Asian immigrants, Chinatown revokes their nostalgia and the memories from home. Additionally, it is also a tourist spot for Chicagoans; large numbers of people like to visit here to enjoy exotic Asian food. However, this place is lack of infrastructure and results in a poor, dangeours, and un-developed area. Dilapidated CTA subway station is the obvious case. In order to improve the quality of this space, the urban renewal is needed.

The station will be the new hub connecting the Asian and African American communities, offering more open space, tourist information and culture exhibitions. It will also be a new landmark in Chicago’s Southside. Additionally, the site is visually separated the by public transportation: CTA subway Red Line and Metra train. I would like to demolish the wall under the metra line and design the civic space under the two “bridges” .This site will be the first image for people when they visit Chinatown.

City Gov.

CTA

Adminstration

Chinatown Commerce

Daily Market

Night Market

Flea Market

Parade

Festival

Street Vendors

Restaurant

street car

Kioak

elavtor

esclator

ticket

office

bus stop

bicycle rack

Private Vehicles

Bicycle

Walking

Service Center

Information

Exhibition

Office+ storage

Chinese Holiday

Chinese New Year Eve

Lantern Festival

Tomb Sweeping Day

Dragon Boat Festival

The Night of Sevens

Mid-Autumn Festival

Chinese National Day

Taiwanese national Day

U.S Holidays

New Year's Day

Birthday of Martin Luther King

Washington's Birthday

Armed Forces Day

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Columbus Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

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Events held

People’s particpation

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林依萱IH.LINURban Renewal

1. Market

2. Tourist Center

3. CTA Station

4. Metra Line

5. Bust Stop

6. Vehicle/Bike Parking

City Gov.

CTA

Adminstration

Chinatown Commerce

Daily Market

Night Market

Flea Market

Parade

Festival

Street Vendors

Restaurant

street car

Kioak

elavtor

esclator

ticket

office

bus stop

bicycle rack

Private Vehicles

Bicycle

Walking

Service Center

Information

Exhibition

Office+ storage

Chinese Holiday

Chinese New Year Eve

Lantern Festival

Tomb Sweeping Day

Dragon Boat Festival

The Night of Sevens

Mid-Autumn Festival

Chinese National Day

Taiwanese national Day

U.S Holidays

New Year's Day

Birthday of Martin Luther King

Washington's Birthday

Armed Forces Day

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Columbus Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

Events held

People’s particpation

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Chinatown Site analysis

original parade route

new suggested parade route

suggested pedestrian route

Bus route

CTA red line

Metra RI line

Chicago River

Bus stop

Old town

New town

Tourism area

Parking


Metra

Metra

Morning Market

Conveying Belt Service

Street food

Design strategy

Solution of Metra wall

Existing Merta Condition

Proposed Solution

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Ground Floor 1/600


1. EXHIBITION HALL

2. SHOP

3. MARKET

4. SIDE ENTRANCE

5. DROP OFF

6. PARKING ENTRANCE

7. CTA ENTRANCE

8. OFFICE

9. TOURIST CENTER/KIOSK

10.RESTURANT

11. KITCHEN

12.OPEN SPACE

13. MECHINCAL ROOM

14. RESTROOM

15. PARKING

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Section A-A 1/600

Section B-B 1/600

2F Plan 1/600

North elevation 1/600

South elevation 1/600

Perspective from nouth-eastPerspective from north-east


Perspective from south-west

East elevation 1/600

West elevation 1/600

WHAT WHO

Religious activites

Political meetings

Military

Sport

Musical events

Civil assembly

Accidental refuge

Protesting rally Citizen

Refugee

Fans

followers

Soliders

Security

Volunteer

Administration

Sta�s

Journalist

Parade

GRID: MappingCivic space in Midway, Chicago

2009 Spring Studio, Illinois Institute of TechnologyProf. Timothy BrownApplication: Autocad, sketchup, Vray, Photoshop

The program purposed a radically demolation on the current Midway Airport site. It was required to be used as a massive covered public space for civic events, such as parade, music fesitival, or inauguration. It would be a huge pavilion which would be able to accommodate large amount of users at the same time with a single roof. The circulation regard to access to the site or exit out for the crowd would be the major issue; it meant the variation of ground level was limited for rapid evacuation. CTA subway Orange Line would be extended around the site parameters to increase flow capacity. Moreover, the site was divided into 9 zones, which offer administration offices, security stations, and tourist facilities. The site plan and pavilion were derived from the airport’s diagonal runways. Two type of Roof systems were adopted here and there are different openings to allow sunlight and air circulation. In order to imply different spaces for various possible civic usage, I chosed many kinds of ground geometry and varies ground material , water runoff and vegetation to give people direction.

Site Area: 1 sq mile3 million users60 roof pieces4735 columns

林依萱IH.LINGRID: MAPPING

runways with extend grid

Midway airport today

Midway airport 1936, with je�erson grid

Conceptual approach

Conceptual model

Mapping grid

repeating/mergence

extraction


Ground �oor 1/5000

Entrance of extend CTA

Groud �oor material plan 1/5000

Section A-A 1/2500


Roof plan 1/5000

A

A

B B

Section B-B 1/2500

Type A

Roo�ng frame

Hexagon

Diagonal

Irregular

Natural ventilationNatural light


Type B

Hexagon

Grid

Irregular

Natural lightNatural ventilation

Roof material:metal plate

plastic plate

glass

hollow-structure only

acoustics plaster


Living On The Verge Treasure Hill Commune

2004- 2005 Studio Thesis, National Cheng Kung UniversityProf. Yuan Lian TsaiApplication: FormZ, Photoshop, Autocad, CorelDraw

ConceptTreasure Hill, once an infamous squatting land, was

built from discarded material by local untrained low-income residents. It was a notorious slum in 90s, but has been renovated to a historical art district which was reported by NY Times as one of the must-see spots in Taipei because of unique layout. This renovation was controversial and doubted by scholars, socialists, and residents. When the city government forced many people to move out, it caused sever demonstrations. The project hypothesized that a non-governmental organization would involve in the renovation process and assist thr residents to build their own houses by a simple self-constructed dwelling module, so that it could preserve the original spirit of the commune: sharing open space, interact with neighbors and helping each other, rather than just treating disadvantaged dwellers as part of abstruse modern art for rich urbanities.

BackgroundThe earliest residents settled in Treasure Hill in Chin

Dynasty. During Japanese occupation period it was an important Army District for water preservation. In early 20 century this commune was home for war veterans who retreated from mainland China but without official right to utilized the land. They left their hometown for the promised democratic country but still hoped one day they were be able to go home with triumph. However, the dream would never be fulfilled. Those poor, old, single veterans built simple houses by themselves and helped each other. In the 1970s and 1980s, some other disadvantaged people coming from countryside joined the commune and expanded the whole settlement to more than 200 households. Compared to the wealthy Taipei citizens in the other side of the hill, the residents in this settlement lived in the undeveloped conditions but had very close and intimate social networks to support each other.

ContextIn this difficult environment, an unique and unmanned

vernacular architectural style was created in this secret garden by the squatters. These buildings were mainly built by bricks, discarded wood, steels, or plastic tubes. The layouts and structures were irregular and organic. Some earlier residents occupied bigger areas and had more power in the commune. The latter residents had to negotiate and pay money to the earlier residents to use the land. They still helped each other and raised children by the whole commune. The small winding alleys and natural landscape were kids’ play ground. Due to the limited spaces, the residents had to share their living room, kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and yards. Sometimes they fought but it was usually resolved by the whole commune.

Goal According to the original concept of this commune,

setting up a non-governmental organization to handle administration could assist the commune to develop as a housing cooperative. It would offer better housing choices for other minority in the city to join this commune with lower rent. By saving rent and the support from the commune these low-income residents will have chances to get rid of poverty.

林依萱IH.LINTreasure Hill Commune

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1.Parking2.Farm3.Guardroom

4.Temple5.Park6.Adminstrat ion

7.Ashes plots8.Exemplary dwelling unit9.Open-air theater

10.Sindian River 11.To downtown

Site plan

Cluster

relat ion of public house

section

public space

half public space

OrientationStairAalley Platform

Environment Context

In te g ra l c i n h a b i ta te ro o ms

o n ti n u o u s h o u se s -

C e n te rl i za ti o n

Se p a ra te b u i l d i n g s i n half public

L i n e a ri ty Sca tte ri n g

kitchen& lundary

open space

studying

bathroom

living room

Ga th e ri n g

Se p a ra te

livingkitchen public

childcare

living

kitchen

public

living

kitchen public

Slope


Ou te r l a ye r

In n e r l a ye r

Unit Frame Explosion

outwall

Plastic �oor is above sub-beams

using screw to joint auxiliary contructures

Fabricated slabs as interior bays or secondary out wall

small frame and tubular member joint ground grider and sub-beam

connection of two units

o n ti n u o u s h o u se s -

Attaching member system

Cluster A Cluster C Cluster B

Public space

1F plan

C l u ste r C

C l u ste r B

C l u ste r A

C l u ste r D

C l u ste r E


Cluster D Cluster E

2F plan

Kaohsiung Municipal Nanzih Primary School

In this project I tried to develop a different type of teaching space. In the conventional school design, classrooms were just a simple rectangular shape with two corridors on the sides. Recently, various new teaching approaches have been applied to explore every student’s potential so that the old classroom layout is not enough for this school. As a project architect, I attended several meeting to discussed with teachers in order to design user-friendly space for them.

Here I decided to keep one side corridor but utilized the other corridor which is facing south east as additional space for each classroom. This extra space was designed as a teacher’s corner, balcony, planters, water faucets and storage. It also provide good shading for the classroom. On the other side, we angled the wall to provide a study corner for students. The frosted window glass and white board on the bottom of the wall could be used for student to draw and create.

Sustainability Kaohsiung is located in tropical zone and the school

and it is very hot and humid in summer. Most of public school can not afford an AC system. The steel shading grills, arch roof on the teacher’s corner are double skins to avoid of direct sunlight.

Play Ground AmenityMathematics lessons could be to interesting as games.

This light structure is assembled from equilateral triangle, circle, square, rectangle, and trapezoid. In addition, mathematics formula, symbol engraved on it so students are familiar with them when they play, hide and climb on this amenity.

YH Architectural Design

- $13,000,000/ 12,016 sq ft- Project Architect, schematic design, - Construction document: plan, section, Elevation, and detail- Application: Autocad, MS office, Sketchup, Photoshop, Coreldraw

7. vegetation

8. teacher’s corner

9. half open space

10. sliding door

11. frosted window glass

12. rainwater collector

5. sink

6. storage cabinet

1. corridor

2. study corner

3. classroom

4.balcony

7. vegetation

8. teacher’s corner

9. half open space

10. sliding door

11. frosted window glass

12. rainwater collector

5. sink

6. storage cabinet

1. corridor

2. study corner

3. classroom

4.balcony

林依萱IH.LINProfeSSioNAl PrActice

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Master Plan

1.Classroom

2.Toilets

3.The handicapped ramp

4.Connect ing corridor

5.Semi-open space

6.Ecological Pool

7.Hill

8.Square

9.Games facilit ies

10.Games facilit ies

11.Former project building

12.parking

13.Educat ional garden

14.Viewing spot


1/600 standard plan

Western Elevation 1/300

Facade & Shading


Rain water collector detail

rain water collector

Semi-Open Space in front of classroom

Corridor to restroom and stair

Mirror and faucet at restroom

ADA Ramp


rain water collector

Sun Shading Design

Sun Shading Design

rain water collector at corridor

Kid’s Farm

Bell Tower

The Memorial Park Of Female Labor

- Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2005- competition, coordinator, Design, site analysis- application: Photoshop, Autocad, MS office, Coreldraw, Sketchup, 3D Max

Feng Xiang Elementary School

- Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, 2005- Competition: stadium design, physical model- application: Autocad, Coreldraw

YH Architectural Design


WEI-WU YING Urban Park

- Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, 2008- competition : 2nd prize- application: sketch up/photoshop/acad

No.2 Canal Bridges & Riverside Landscape

- Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2006- $26,000,000/1,936,512,000 sq ft - competition: 1st prize , 3d modeling- application: sketch up/photoshop- construction completed

Malone Chang Architect

CI-JIN Admin. & Hospital Complex

DA-DONG Art Center

- Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2006 - collaborate with TCT Architectural Resource, Taichung- competition:1st Prize, coordinator, photoshoping- application: MS office, CorelDraw, Photoshop - $160,770,000/129,100 sq ft - under construction

- Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, 2008- Collaborate with de Architekten Cie, Netherland- Competition, 1st Prize, coordinator- Schematic design, environment design- Construction document, interior detailing- Application: CorelDraw, Photoshop, Autocad- $400,000,000/ 327,055 sq ft - Construction completed



Houjin River Pedestrian Bridge

- Kaohsiung, Taiwan , 2007- Design Development/3D Modeling- Application: sketch up/acad- $40,000,000/ 387,300 sq ft (including the riverside landscape)- construction completed

Sihwei Primary School

- Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2006- Design Development/Construction Document- Application: sketch up/acad- $40,000,000/ 26,600 sq ft - construction completed


Design exhibition series of Graduation Thesis in NCKU

Team Leader Of Design Exhibition

Preparatory Committee Of Lectures

-coordinate with department o�ce/municipal o�ce/students

-coordinate with labor resource from student

-budget control

-event hosting

-promotion-coordinate with all the speakers

Editor Of Graduation Thesis Journal


Lecture poster of NCKU Art Festival

Lecture poster of potential NCKU architect

Art work

Journal NCKU Art Festival

Documents

2001-2010 Portfolio