ZHOU,SHUANG
PORTFOLIO 2022
University College London MArch Architectural Design Student Number 20138205
PROLOGUE The problem I want to illustrate through these two diagrams is that when you do not use a line to clearly define the relationship between sea and sand, they should have been integrated, just like the most primitive relationship between people. With the above description, my portfolio will focus on the question of "that line". My design will look for various "lines" in life from different aspects like urban context, humanities, memory and social relations.
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" Is there a border between sea and sand ? " " If there is ,which one do you chose? {a,b,c,d}"
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" But you look," " Which one will you choose this time ? "
"Make the line disappear." , that is the ultimate goal in my works.
CONTENTS ACADAMIC PROJECTS
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02
03
LYING SKYSCRAPER A Mat-building In City Center Area
RECAPTURE AND RESHAPE Neo-collectivism Community
PROPOSALS FOR MCDONALD'S Creating Freedom In The Grid Space
PROFESSIONAL WORK
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04
15
05
24
06
TWO TREES Light Intervention Strategy
SUJI Rural Brutalism
UNFINISHED PROJECTS Pray Tower Design,XSBN TOD
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30
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05/2019-11/2019 Urban Design Individial Work Location: Guangzhou
On Site Photo
LYING SKYSCRAPER A Mat-building In City Center Area
OVERVIEW As the starting point of Guangzhou's new central axis, Guangzhou East Railway Station should have played an important role of its gateway node and improved its surrounding environment, but its current use status is inefficient At the same time, its large volume makes it a wall on the central axis, which cuts off urban space and also hinders the penetration and exchange of various flowing energies The goal of the design is to make Guangzhou East Railway Station an infrastructure that condenses urban effects, captures and guides various energy flows, and eventually loses the visual characteristics of traditional buildings and disappears into the landscape and urban continuum
Location Analysis
LAND AREA
POPULATION
DENSITY
TIANHE
CHINA
=5,000
=100,000
96.4km2
17,626/km2
1,697,900
MIGRATION
AGE COMPOSITION
AVERAGE AGE
Above 60 130,774
14,302 OUT
18-60 617,497 Under 18 190,930
GUANGDONG
32.7
53.1%
AVERAGE INCOME
46.9%
39,668 IN
AVERAGE HOUSEPRICE
GDP GROWTH RATE 4608.82
Ten thousand yuan
3011.12
GUANGZHOU
73,400 yuan/m2
Tianhe
59,990 yuan/year
34,200 yuan/m2
Guangzhou
THE PROPORTION OF POPULATION
THE PROPORTION OF LAND AREA
Guangzhou is the political, military, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of South China, and the Tianhe District where the project is located is the most important areas in Guangzhou.
LAND AREA POPULATION GDP GDP PER CAPITA DENSITY
69,300 yuan/year
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
THE PROPORTION OF GDP
SITE 32.7%
14.8%
70%
Regional Analysis Low
Main road
Hydrological Conditions
Subway lines
Road Connections
Low
High
Building Density
Low
High
High
Road Density
Low
High
Population Density
Low
High
Space Compactness
Comparative Analysis Of Central Axis Cities
SITE
N
SITE
N
N
Shopping
Paris , France
Beijing, China
Guangzhou, China
The characteristics of the Paris City Axis itself conform to the needs of the times and society：
Beijing's central axis is the longest city in the world City axis, full of the etiquette norms and sacred atmosphere :
Guangzhou is moving towards the development goal of an international metropolis :
(1) Meet the needs of politics (2) Meet the public's aesthetic needs (3) Determined the order of urban construction (4) Continue the urban context
(1) Highlight the functional positioning of Beijing as a historical and cultural city.
(1) Reflect the functional axis of the city center ,Improve the status of central cities and economic competitiveness
(2) Its guiding ideology is based on the traditional Chinese nation-building system.
(2) Urban landscape axis, dominated by natural and cultural landscapes
Office area
Public Service Green space
Residential
Stadium
Square
Road
GUANGZHOU CITY PROFILE
OFFICE
HOUSING
PARK
SHOP
Need Analysis
SQUARE APARTMENT RETAILS
PARK SQUARE
LIBRARY THEATER OFFICE
HOTEL
URBAN FARMING GYM SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER
CAFE BAR
CULTURAL FACILITIES
The Locals
CHECK-IN PLACE
SPORTING
FARMING
EDUCATION
DINNING
TEMPORARY STAYING
CULTURAL PRESERVE
IMFORMATION RECEIVE
CITY INTENTION
SHARING
RECREATION
GATHERING
ART PLACE
CO-WORKING SPACE
Surrounding Residents
PUBLIC SPACE
PURCHASING
HOUSING
EXHIBITION HALL
Tourists
W
S
The north is blocked by natural mountains, and the cost of mountain construction is relatively large
Gateway node of Guangzhou Excellent location conditions One of China's three national central business districts.The densest place for skyscrapers in China, and also the most densely populated by Fortune 500 companies in Guangzhou.
The urban living room in Guangzhou and the largest square in Guangzhou
The first commercial district in South China that integrates shopping, catering, leisure, entertainment, culture, tourism and business.
The reconstruction of the square in front of the station is relatively difficult
T
O The old axis
An important transportation hub node in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area One of the transportation hubs connecting Nanshan, Guangzhou's new sub-center area
SITE The new axis
Covered by CITIC Tower, the center line of sight cannot be accurately identified
The South Station will shake the status of East Station The transformation needs to be negotiated
New housing Old housing Shop Hotel Office building Site
Functional Division
Flow Analysis
Green Space Analysis
Traffic Status
Case Study | The evolutionary history of the megastructure”
Vertical City,1927
Cluster City,1956
Fun palace,1964
Administrative Centre , 1971
Linked Hybrid , 2009
In the concept of vertical cities, cities are stacked according to their functions, and the design of the complex is to reduce the demand for traffic, thereby reducing the traffic in the city.
In 1956, the concept of "Cluster" was proposed: The structure of the city should be able to continuously replicate and extend freely.
The understanding of movement has become more and more shallow, and it has become a purely mechanical display, losing the social and cultural considerations previously.
The long viaduct mass created an order among the chaos of unrelated things around the foot of Perugia. This order is obviously a barrier to the city, but mobility has a deeper manifestation.
It reflects a gathering behavior behind life, and the architectural intentions are also concentrated, thus forming a fullscale building in a complete sense and becoming a UNI-City.
Design Strategy 04 Functional Organization
01 Central Axis Continuation
Miniature City+Landscape Form Repairs the fragmentation of the urban space by the railway, and achieves a better integration of the two urban spaces.
Mat-building (Horizontal extension) Staggered courtyard
CBD Typology
02 Urban Connectivity Show the mountain The intervention of the new mass will become an important urban expressway gathered in the surrounding blocks.
Reverse the bottom relationship
Transformation 03 Landscape Architecture
Mix-used
The site will closely integrate office and landscape in the form of courtyards.
Aisle
platform
ramp
courtyard
roof
continuous floor
Spatial Typology
Function Typology
The mat-buliding is the overlapping and reproduction of the traditional horizontal block in the vertical direction. The functional blocks of each layer are infiltrated with the properties of adjacent plots. Relatively independent units can be divided into relatively independent and interconnected parts. The mutual coupling of the two offers the possibility of highaltitude connections in the horizontal dimension. The organized arrangement of various types of courtyard spaces in the mega- structure dissolves the sense of volume of the megastructure itself, and together forms a rich community space system, providing a lot of opportunities for social communication, leisure and entertainment.
MIX-USED
Volume Generation Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
Phase 6
HOTEL
RETAIL
RESEARCH+OFFICE/CO-WORK
RESIDENTIAL
GREEN SPACE AND PUBLIC SPACE
1
A
D
B
1
1
C
View Point A
View Point B
View Point C
1
N 0m 25m
50m
100m
E
Site Plan
View Point D
View Point E
Office Area Axonometric
Rooftop Leve
el Viewpoint
Cut-away Perspective Of Living Area（1-1）
singing
taking photos
dancing
painting
comm
walking
exercising
meditating
Matrix effect
The interstitial space tends to maximize the integration, so that walkways, platforms, ramps, penetrating spaces, roofs and continuous floors become the key elements of the dominant building.
Walking the dog
Pi
ha
Organization of Topological Relations The accidental connection replaces the general primary, secondary, and axis levels, weakens specific dominance, emphasizes the contingency of physical perception and behavior, and forms a compound formula.
playing
municating
icking up
Family walking
performing
reading
Dating
scooting
Running
Rich sight connection The richness of the spatial level will plan the penetration and exchange of various flowing energies, which can stimulate events
feeding animals
aving meeting
Boundary processing The overpass extended will directly connect the living area of the giant structure with the public green space of the neighboring community
On Site Photo
There used to be a group of people who gave everything to create a world and they eventually failed...
RECAPTURE AND RESHAPE
Results
Neo-collectivism Community
Overview The project is located in Liwan District, Guangzhou, China, and serves as an iconic urban space to witness the glorious development of the Chinese industrial era. It is now facing a large influx of residents from The New "Guanggang", and the site is gradually becoming a forgotten negative space While the newly built residential districts have broken the historical texture relationship of Guangsteel City, which reflects the problems of homogenization of contemporary Chinese living environment, weakening of community neighborhood relations, and the integration of old and new residents The gradual marginalized living space and peeping past memories in the gap are not the Neo-collectivism that The Old Guanggang residents hope
03/2019-07/2019 Urban Design Individial Work Location: Guangzhou
In 2015, the new plan called “Guangzhou Steel New Town”was proposed,the site is planned as a central park.
Historical Evolution
In 1958, Guangzhou steelworks was established
In 1995, 22 units and more than 2500 employees were separated from Guangzhou Iron and Steel Company In 2013, the company was shut down, which has operated for 55 years and 90 days, has gone into history.
Urban Texture 1958
2013
2017
2030 Industrial building of Guanggang
The Old Guanggang Residential Building
The New Guanggang Residential Building
Guanggang residents and production areas were closely linked in space. Residents'spatial perception ranged from the areas of production areas and residential areas.
The company closed down. Due to the intervention of new high-rise buildings, the spatial relationship between residential areas and production areas was severed
A new high-rise building was built in the south of the site,which became two "walls" of the steel plant space and the external living space
The Guanggang Community will move into high-rise rebuilt houses, and the site will be transformed into a large park
Other industrial buildings
Community relations maintained by co-living
The Old Wall
Land Replacement Open community
COORDINATION The Old Resident
Shared community
The New Resident
Community sharing mechanism
The New Wall The Government
Culture Industry
Urban scale wall
Industrial Memory WHAT 'we' used to be
Industrial culture Identity
Reflected in
Industrial Building Reuse
Different Social Status Spatial Memory
Spirit Level
Collective memory
transform
Mixed-used Land use
The New Real Estate becomes a Wall of Unit Courtyard and the site
Artist+Residents
Affective Memory
WHAT 'they' do
Art Center
WHAT 'we' want
Artist resides
Ecological restoration
Cultural Creation
Balance the different needs
Residential privacy
Need anaylsis
Compound scale , River ,Home security Football Team , work experience
Public resources are shared by time
Reshaping Culture Facilitiess
Job Opportunities
Community operation Technical Support
Football Field
SITE PLAN
Capsule system
The Boundary
Neo-collectivism community
Physical Space Level
Symbiotic sharing
There are different forms of block walls in the old and new Guanggang residential areas.
Diverse event planning
Closed block
Attractive Residential area
Design Process
Volunme Generation The temporary shared space function blocks are evenly distributed on the site, thereby limiting three main effects.
Overhead operation is carried out, and the elevation difference between blocks is handled through ramp blocks to form ash.
The links between buildings are further strengthened through the corridor system to meet the walking continuity of the two-storey corridor.
On the basis of the shared space block, the residential buildings are arranged on it, and the number of stories is 6.
17.Blast furnace square
01.Front square
18.Workers' football field
02.Landscape observation platform 03.Gantry crane
19.Blast furnace Art Center 20.BF Artist studio
04.Guanggang Museum
21.Waste yard park
05.Neutralisation material garden 06.Scrap yard park
22.Gas tank Hotel Apartment
07.Tourist Service Center
23.Gas tank square 24.Parking lot
08.Passenger rest area
25.Capsule R & D Center
09. Senior citizens living area
26.Basement Parking
10. Youth residential area 11. Industrial Corridor
Park land Sports ground Square land
12.Central commercial street
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13.Commercial street
Cultural venues Commercial land
14.Overhead parking lot
Public services
15.Coking plant square 16.Coking plant park
Elder housing Youth Apartment
Artistic creation 0
25
50
100m
Residential land
Capsule Type
01
02
03
04
Details
Through the online APP system and offline community residents' decision-making, the entire process is divided into four parts: participation role, scheduled capsules, capsule transportation, and data statistics. This system will become a community space and resource sharing Complete management mechanism.
Art Center Explosion
Update Strategy Step 1 — Ecological restoration
Cultural shop Atrium Auxiliary space Shared office Exhibition/Show Cafe
Step 2 — Building restoration
Step 3 — Residence construction
The first Mcdonald's,1940
PROPOSALS FOR MCDONALD'S Creating Freedom In The Grid Space
06/2020-07/2020 Furniture Renovation Individial Work
The art exhibition was a great success and caught the interest of McDonald's owners.
The artist A came to McDonald’s as usual at the midnight.
Zz
I should do something for them...
“I am doing a program to help Mcrefugees. But I am not that good at design, so I think of you. I hope we can do it together. ”
“Hello, I have seen your exhibition. You did a great job. I am wondering if I could invite you to solve their problems through design.” Sure!! I happen to be very concerned about them.
Artist A turned to his good friend C,an architect.
zZ
He must be so tired...
Mcrefugees attracted his notice. He noticed that almost everyone had a receipt on their desk,they all buy the cheapest food items.
It took him a month to collect Mcrefugees’ receipts and held an art exhibition to show that What do they buy when they want to sleep at McDonald's.
I have stayed here for two years, and I report here at 12 o'clock every night on time,haha!! The staff here are very kind to me, and I will also help them clean up the garbage.
This is the safest place in the world.
I lost my family...
Their story is poignant....
A and C began to observe Mcrefugees carefully and record their ideas.
Rural Architectural Practice (Two Projects Under Construction) Location: Xiayi County ,China Design Period:6/2021-12/2021 Professional Offices:Voice Design Role:Principal Architect Collaborators:Lu Xuelei,Gan Jinyang,Li Weizhi
114°48'W/34°52'N
Responsible part:Conception,Modeling,Rendering,Interior Design
PLOT 02
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PLOT 01
On Site Photo
With the increasing improvement of urban infrastructure construction in China, rural construction has become an important practical direction for Chinese architects How to intervene and respond to the corresponding problems in the form of architecture under the background of rural environment will be preliminarily discussed in my two projects under construction. One is a coffee shop with public attributes, and the other is a B & B cluster with private attributes
PLOT 01
“TWO TREES” Light Intervention Strategy "Two Trees" are planted on the flat and open natural base in the way of light intervention. The two groups of inverted umbrella steel member systems are not only the main structure of the cafe, but also the roof structure. Their spatial intention directly echoes the contour characteristics of the vegetable greenhouse cluster on the back. The roof grid curtain wall forms a rich indoor light and shadow effect, which is the interpretation of the intention of the shape of tree. The independence of the main structure and the maintenance structure dispels the sense of volume of the building. The component treatment method is convenient for future disassembly, reflecting the respect for the site.
Ground Floor Plan
SHADEING LOUVER ROOF
STEEL COLUMN
Roof Plan
CAFE SPACE
1-1 Section 0
5
20m
PLOT 02
“SUJI”
Rural Brutalism
“SUJI" is a typical form of tourist accommodation products with Chinese characteristics, As a capital product, how to realize the regionality of rural architecture is the focus of this project Located in the east longitude 114.48, in the north latitude of 34.5, the lowest temperature in winter reaches minus 10°. Therefore, except the large-scale floor-to-ceiling windows to the landscape, the other facades have limited openings
Inheriting from local houses, the hotel is designed with terraces, courtyards and reed-topped eaves galleries to encourage more outdoor activities. We used a special treatment of cement mortar on the exterior walls to restore the texture of rammed earth wall from local buildings
UNFINISHED PROJECTS
Pray Tower Desgin
Xishuang Banna TOD
THANK YOU
ZHOU SHUANG University College London MArch Architectural Design Student Number 20138205
