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HENRY DING

 
fish lover – goodreads fanatic – eating hobbyist – wikipedia explorer – aspiring nation builder – 

A student at the Rhode Island School of Design pursuing a dual Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) with concentrations in Literary Arts & Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies.

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︎︎︎︎ Architecture
Fall 2023
Scaffold Housing
Pushing agency and temporality in housing.
Summer 2023
The Queer Home
Archiving queer spaces and life in Toronto.
Fall 2022
Wrapping Classroom
An outdoor classroom built for movement.
Fall 2022
Architectural Projections
An exploration of form in as many ways as possible.
Continuous
Model Studies Archive Materiality & ideation.

︎︎︎︎ Play
Winter 2023
Archiving Queer Spaces
Contextualizing displacement and queerness
Fall 2021
Little Theater
Papermaking, lasercutting, and light.
Fall 2021
Ryan In Good Fortune Supermarket
Addressing queerness in the Asian diaspora.
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︎︎︎︎ Publishing
Spring 2024
The Queer Home
volume-1 (v.1)
Fall 2021

Under The Sea
Visions Magazine

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︎ Friends

Some beautiful friends and collaborators that should immediately be checked out:
Ryan Yan, Nicole Nedeff, Tian Pei, Sharon Lee, Jessica Song, Matteo Mastrangelo, Maithili Chaturvedi, Alex Liu, Ram Charan, Jessica Ruan, Clementine Kim, Yucheng Che, Katherine Fu, Jesse Hogan, Ryan Peng, Julia Ambros, Richard Shi, Izzy Choi

Wrapping Classroom

Fall 2022
 Professor Amelyn Ng
Skills
Lasercutting · Rhinoceros 7 · Photoshop · Illustrator


This studio was based on the architectural principles of shade, shelter, and shadow. Provided a site in College Hill, Providence, RI. The project aimed to create an outdoor learning center for local residents. I devised a structure that would house studio, exhibition, and classroom spaces for visitors. The walls are viewed as a continuous membrane that curves and lifts according to lighting and program. 






(Above) Regulating Lines Diagram / First Floor Plan / Second Floor Plan / Site Plan

The project was concieved from a strategy of placing walls and barriers along circular regulating lines designed in plan. All entrances and openings are simply extensions of interior walls curving in/outwards. The objective was to have the walls guide visitors into free-flowing corridors and interconnected spaces. Educational programming is thought of as gentle and flexible and the structure’s sutble nooks and pockets are designed to reflect that philosophy.


(Above) South Elevation / West Elevation / Section A / Section B

Once extruded upwards I began the process of translating the design into section. The structure holds a mix of two-story lightwells, a mezzanine, and several mixed-use classrooms and hallways. To strategize optimal natural light and sight lines towards Downtown Providence, the roof plates and outdoor classrooms slants towards the South West. 


(Above) 2 Views of Full Model on Site / 2 Views of Full Model Isolated / Partial Model Interior View


Unrolled Exterior Walls