P O R T F O L I O

Y U N O N G Z H A N G

A F T E R T A S T E 2 0 1 5 R E C E P T I O N

In recent years, we, as humans, have exploited earth, depleting

its resources with blatant disregard for what this means for future

generations. At some point, when we have gone too far, we will try

desperately to regain a connection with nature, with this earth that we

call home.

Here, in this AfterTaste world, we imagine a future in which nature is

elevated, nature is levitated, nature is puppeteered in a dire attempt

to regain a connection with it.

Event Design \\ MFA Interior Design All-Student Collaboration Led by Helen QuinnLighting Design Partners \\ Kiersten Hill & Odile Liu

Elements // Branches, Incandescent Bulbs, Cardboards, Linear LEDs

Event // 25 East 13th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003

L I G H T Y E A R S 1 9 4 5 - 2 0 1 5Reception Installation \\ Light-Space Art Class Led by Derek PorterPartners \\ Abber Nowailaty, Aditi Govil, Odile Liu, Sam Hewett, Selin Ergeneli, Sergio Tavera & 10 Others

Progress // 36 Hours, 16 People, 37648 Wood Dowels

Final Installation \\ the Details

Final Installation \\ the Room

Event \\ October 23, 2015 at 63 Fifth Avenue, L 102, New York, NY 10003

O T H E R P R I M A R Y S T R U C T U R E SExhibition Model & Model Interior Lighting Partners \\ Julia Grunberg, Sean Jones, Ariel G. Millan, Brandon PietrasProject Manager \\ Beau Johnson

Other Primary Structures revisits the premise of and

builds upon the Museum’s seminal 1966 exhibition

Primary Structures, the first American

museum exhibition to survey the

style now known as Minimalism.

The exhibition revisits this formative moment

in art history while also reexamining the period

from today’s far more global perspective.

Exhibition \\ The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128

Exhibition \\ The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128

M O M E N T O L I B R A R YMFA Lighting Design Studio ii \\ Prof. Glenn Shrum, Kim Ackert, David Norris, Nelson JenkinsDesign Partners \\ Paula Castillo & Seulki Kim

Carve the architecture in order to reveal the presence of daylight and to enlighten the interior.

Engage circulation and autonomous experience by creating a narrative of integrated daylight/electric lighting system.

Associated with programmatic activities, the design curate moments in light with its ever changing qualities as the sun

travels in time.

o b s t r u c t i o n s s o u t h e r n l i g h ta l p h a b e t c i t y

S I T E A N A LY S I S & C O N C E P T D E V E L O P M E N T E a s t 1 0 t h S t . & S z o l d P l . N e w Yo r k , N Y

D AY L I G H T E L E C T R I C L I G H T

9am noon

3pm

S U M M E R

6pm

9am

9am

noon 3pm

S P R I N G

9am - plan view

W I N T E R

noon

9am - plan view9am

3pm

s u m m e r m o r n i n g

s u m m e rs u n s e t

s u m m e r e q u i n o x a f t e r n o o n

w i n t e r s u n r i s e

D AY L I G H T I N G S T R AT E G I E S

1/32” = 1’-0”

B A S E M E N T F I R S T F L O O R

Bookstacks

Reading

Individual Study

Facility

Cafe

Stairs

Core

Atrium Wall

T R A N S V E R S E S E C T I O N

S E C O N D F L O O R T H I R D F L O O R

F O U R T H F L O O R F I F T H F L O O R

E L E C T R I C L I G H T I N T E G R AT I O N

B A S E M E N T F I R S T F L O O R

1/32” = 1’-0”

40 fc

30 fc

20 fc

10 fc

T R A N S V E R S E S E C T I O N

S E C O N D F L O O R T H I R D F L O O R

F O U R T H F L O O R F I F T H F L O O R

s u m m e r

9 a m 1 2 p m 2 p m 4 p m 6 p m

e q u i n o x

9 a m 1 2 p m 2 p m 4 p m 6 p m

w i n t e r

9 a m 1 2 a m 2 p m 6 p m4 p m

F E AT U R E W A L L S H A D O W D I A G R A M

P O L I S H E D . C O N C R E T E

MIRROR

E X P O S E D . C O N C R E T E

s k y / s p e c u l a r r e f l e c t i o n

d i f f u s e r e f l e c t i o n

s e m i - d i f f u s e r e f l e c t i o n

D E TA I L S & R E N D E R I N G S

DETAILED SECTION - MAIN READING SPACE

VIEW TOWARDS FEATURE WALL

e q u i n o x m o r n i n g

w i n t e r n o o n

s t o r m y w i n t e r

M U J I H E A D Q U A R T E R S

W 15TH ST & 9TH AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10011

The lighting seeks to support the practicality and dynamism

of MUJI’s innovative design practice by nurturing an

environment of collaboration and exchange.

Office Lighting Design \\ Prof. Craig Bernecker, Armer Maleh, Jason NechesDesign Partner \\ James Clotfelter

fixture graphic symbols

S E C O N D F L O O R

F I R S T F L O O R

Reflected Ceiling Plans / Illuminated Axonometrics

Rendered Sections

Rendered Views / AGi Calculations

R E T A I L

E V E N T O F F I C E

S T R I N G T H E O R Y

Two activity centers act as energy centers to disperse

and reconnect using lines inscribed into the architecture

to create perceptual imaginary planes. Composed of

strings, these planes direct the flow of circulation and guide

occupants to engage in different tasks and activities.

MFA Interior Design Studio i \\ Prof. Allan Wexler & John HartmannI n d i v i d u a l P r o j e c t

E X I S T I N G C O N D I T I O N S / A d a p t i v e D e s i g n A s s o c i a t i o n

C O N C E P T

ADA MANHATTAN HEADQUARTER REDESIGN 313 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018

One ribbon that doesn’t exist in physical form.

Two energy centers derived by activities in the space.

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R E N N O V AT I O N S / R e i m a g i n e M o b i l i t y

S E C O N D F L O O R P L A N0 2 5 10

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F I R S T F L O O R P L A N 0 2 5 10

L O N G I T U D I N A L S E C T I O N 0 2 5 10

PERSPECTIVE 1

PERSPECTIVE 2

FINAL MODEL

B E A C H S T O N EMFA Interior Design Studio i \\ Prof. Allan Wexler & John HartmannI n d i v i d u a l P r o j e c t

Negotiate the relationship between the object and the space containing it.

Meditate in the interactions between object and another object,

within an environment,

with the environment’s occupant.

Process // Containers

Process // Environment

C O N T A I N E R S

P L A N

E L E V AT I O N

+ S T O N E

P L A N

E N V I R O N M E N T

S E C T I O N

M A T E R I A L T R A N S F O R M A T I O N

MFA Interior Design Studio i \\ Prof. Allan Wexler & John HartmannI n d i v i d u a l P r o j e c t

6” x 6” identical square sheets of 1/8” thick acrylic cut by laser cutter transformed into three-dimensional sculptural objects with heat and pliers.

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