PortfolioQu Jiang

architecture, interior design, textile, pattern and ornaments, hand drawings

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gatewayinstallation

Parametric design has been con-sidered as the cutting edge trend in the architectural design realm, regardless of the debate it arose. This group project endeavours to push students’ creativity to the next level with the introduction of top-down design approach.This is a freeway art project locat-ed in the Prince Hwy commissioned by the City of Wyndham.

We started with a biomimicry structure - voronoi tunnel: to pro-vide a habitat for birds to reside and meanwhile to act as a ‘patch’ in urban forestry for birds to travel by. As parks and reserves are best known destinations in the City of Wyndham, this would be a great way to welcome the visitors.

We started from a pool of selec-tions, followed by narrowing the choice down using diff erent crite-ria and fi nally ended up with the 3D voronoi that we thought would meet the functional and aesthetics purpose.

gatewayinstallationAs we realized the gigantic tunnel spanning over the freeway would be too naive without deliberate consideration of buildability and irrigation system. To start fresh, we look back to the brief and abstract the idea of a gateway is essentially a portal for transition of spaces. In this case, Melbourne and Wyndham. Hence, we try to design something shows

the essences of these two places. Wyndham is dominated by nat-ural landscapes whist Melbourne is occupied by multidimensional culture and chaos.

showroom/offi ce mixed-useThis is a proposed car showroom design project located in the Melbourne CBD on the former Barlow Motors Enterprise site. It is assuming that Barlow Motors still exist today and commissioned us to design a new building for their offi ce and showroom. Barlow Motor founder is well known of his dramatic life and Mr Barlow Jr. is known for his adventurous spirit. This studio consists of two parts: neon sign and building design. My design is aimed to integrate the spirits of Mr Barlow and Barlow Jr. into the neon sign and building.

The indoor sign is composed of hundreds of light tubes arranged in a certain pattern that when the light turn on, a reversed ‘BARLOW‘ sign can be seen on the fl oor. This is to simulate the founder, A.G. Barlow’s life of contrast with glory and shad-ow. Contoured elevation symbolizes Mr Barlow’s dramatic life as well as adventurous and ambitious spirit. The sense of dynamic represents the never stopping innovation and challenge this company would em-bark on.

offi ceprojectThis is a proposed offi ce project for a design fi rm located in the iconic international style Seagram Building in New York City. The idea is to create a fake mountain with timber panels in the chaos of metropolitan setting. It serves the function of revealing and preserving privacy in the corresponding areas while providing the sense of nature. The tim-ber panels are cut out and oriented diff erently with various density to achieve that goal.

view of reception area

view of offi ce and meeting roomview of hallwayview of internal staircase and lounge

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museumproject

This project is a proposed construction of American Folk Art Museum in the historical heritage site in Dumbo, Brooklyn to house and exhibit over 5,000 pieces of art work. My concept is to embody the history of Dumbo and the life rise-and-fall of folk artists in the design of the spatial experience. Hence, meandering paths are designed to distil and give options to the visitors, for more intimate experience and unique discoveries in the ground fl oor permanent gallery. The temporary gallery is interconnected by two ramps, to promote movements not only horizontally, also vertically. Diff erent perspectives to be discovered throughout these movements.

perspective view of atrium and gallery entrance

left: concept model

rendered perspective view of the sculpture gallery

rendered perspective views

textiledesignA set of oriental inspired motifs for wallcovering and uphostery. Ideas driven from calligraphy, ancient chinese window frames and clouds.

Colorways are designed to be dramatic and vivid while give the ancient chinese ambience.

3dwallpaper

Designing 3d wallpaper has been an unprecedented course or practice except in Pratt. I have been excited to learn and try to design my own 3d wallpaper. Inspired by the social media in this digital age, I try to represent the infi nity space of information and data surrounding us everyday. (3d glasses required to see the 3d eff ect.) My motif of wallpaper is from movie matrix, it gives the impression of data rain in this infi nite space as a metaphor of our contemporary society.

repeat tiling to show overall eff ect

rhythmizedfoliageInspired by fl oral ornaments in the Bed-stuy neighbourhood in Brooklyn, this project aims to design �d foliage ornaments of today. Started with simple leaf found on campus, I modelled it in Maya and used other deformation tool to recreate a dynamic and vivid motion as if it’s

base tile Pattern A

Rendered perspective of pattern A

Tiling

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Pattern B Pattern C

falling or moving in the wind. To break the convention representation of foliage, I group diff erent motions into one base tile and used rotation and mirror and other approaches to create new presentation of rhythmized foliages ornamentation.

tilingstencil

This project aims to design stencil tiling for the white plain facade of a dormitory building on Pratt Institute campus. With the intention of simplicity and presenta-tion of Pratt, I de-constructed the font “Pratt” and de-signed a set of tiling arrangements. It demonstrates a sense of organic pattern and simplicity. The word “Pratt” occurred twice on the facade and would only resonate with those who are familiar of Pratt.

Break down of “Pratt”

Deconstruction of edited “Pratt” font

Enlarge the font to balance positive and negative space. Let the de-constructed parts dominate the tile for more dramatic statement. Overall tiling of stencil

Rendered image of building facade with fi nal stencil designVersion 2a Version 2b

Literal Abstract

handdrawings

Villa Lante, Italy

Nowadays, digital programs are replacing most of the manual work in architectur-al design fi eld. However, I still fi nd drawing/sketching by hand a very helpful way to express ideas or grasp the essence of the precedence. Here are some drawings done to study the designed landscapes and architecture over time.

Villa Farnese, Italy

contactName: Qu Jiang

Email: qjiang3@pratt.eduAddress : 295 Clinton Ave, Apt F1,

Brooklyn, NY. 11205Phone: (+1) 319-383-9725

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