PortfolioQu Jiang

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

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MONETS GARDEN

ORIENTAL DREAM

MONETS GARDEN

ORIENTAL DREAM

MONETS GARDEN

ORIENTAL DREAM

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OFFICE RHYTHMIZED FOLIAGE

SHOWROOM/OFFICE 3D WALLPAPER

FOLK ART MUSEUM GALLERY

STENCIL TILING

HAND DRAWINGS

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GATEWAY SOCIAL FOOD HUB (THESIS) UPHOLSTERY AND WALLCOVERING

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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.

PROPOSAL

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.

a 2D voronoi based on arbitrary points

voronoi generation

curve attractor

3d structure

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

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showroom/office 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 office 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.

neon sign

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 floor. This is to simulate the founder, A.G. Barlows life of contrast with glory and shad-ow. Contoured elevation symbolizes Mr Barlows 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.

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officeprojectThis is a proposed office project for a design firm 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 differently with various density to achieve that goal.

view of reception area

view of office 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 floor permanent gallery. The temporary gallery is interconnected by two ramps, to promote movements not only horizontally, also vertically. Different perspectives to be discovered throughout these movements.

perspective view of atrium and gallery entrance

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rendered perspective view of the sculpture gallery

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This project is designated to visualize our wild-est conception and ideas using different tools. My design is a gallery inspired by Deconstruc-tivism paintings and architecture. It aims to deliver a dynamic visual experience which pro-motes movement, guided by a main circulation staircase. Interior partitions are fragmented into shards penetrating and breaking through different floors.

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CONCEPT SITE

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thesisprojectSocial Food HubCan lunch break be the hour to revitalize rather than inevitable time to feed?

This project aims to address the issue of unhealthy lunch hab-its among people working across the U.S. The objective is to re-introduce a ritual approach to the eating habits within the established one hour lunch break as part of the contemporary daily routine. Hence, a social food hub is proposed initiating the users to an experiential space of various eating, resting and napping environments. The process is supported by ad-dressing different body postures, and privacy levels of differ-ent user groups. The design is proposed in the Starrett Lehigh building, in New York.

ENVIRONMENTS ANALYSIS

9am - 6pm

OFFICE HOUR OVERTIME

6pm - 9pm 11am - 10pm

OPENNING HOURS PEAK HOURS OFF-PEAK HOURS

12am - 1pm 5 pm - 7pm

9am - 11pm1pm - 5pm7pm - 9pm

OBSERVATION LOCATION

OFFICE FAST FOOD SOCIAL FOOD HUB

MATERIALITY

CARPET

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ACOUSTIC FINISHING

POLISHED CONCRETE

CERAMIC TILE POLISHED CONC

TILE Metal SheetTIMBER STONE CORK

TRANSLUCENT FABRIC

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CAFE / REST AREAOFFICE RESTAURANT

TIMBER STAINLESS STEEL

OFFICE CAFE / REST AREA RESTAURANT

OFFICE FOOD HUB

RESTAURANT

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THESIS STATEMENTRevitalize your workday

SOCIAL FOOD HUB

DURATION OF LUNCH BREAK

TIME TRAVEL FOR FOOD

PREFARABLE TIME

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BRING OWN FOOD(EAT IN OFFICE)

BRING OWN FOOD(EAT OUTSIDE)

ORDER/GRAB FOODEAT IN OFFICE

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SECTIONS AND RENDERED PERSPECTIVESRevitalize your workday

SOCIAL FOOD HUB

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SECTIONS AND RENDERED PERSPECTIVESRevitalize your workday

SOCIAL FOOD HUB

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resting area napping area private eating area

public eating area

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textiledesign

A set of oriental inspired motifs for wall covering and upholstery. Ideas driven from calligraphy, ancient Chinese window frames and clouds.

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

MONETS GARDEN

ORIENTAL DREAMBACK TO ROCOCO

MID-SUMMER NIGHT

BACK TO ROCOCO

MID-SUMMER NIGHT

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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 me-dia in this digital age, I try to repre-sent the infinity space of information and data surrounding us everyday. (3d glasses required to see the 3d effect.) My motif of wallpaper is from movie matrix, it gives the impression of data rain in this infinite space as a metaphor of our contemporary society.

repeat tiling to show overall effect

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rhythmizedfoliageInspired by floral ornaments in the Bed-stuy neighbourhood in Brooklyn, this project aims to design 3d 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 its

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

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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 presentation of Pratt, I de-constructed the font Pratt and designed 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 final stencil designVersion 2a Version 2b

Literal Abstract

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handdrawings

Villa Lante, Italy

Nowadays, digital programs are replacing most of the manual work in architectur-al design field. However, I still find 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.educookie_jq@hotmail.com

Address : 295 Clinton Ave, Apt F1, Brooklyn, NY. 11205

Phone: (+1) 319-383-9725

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