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A Box with Inner Light The first time I knew about "the space" was in a paper box in hide and seek. I was knocked by the silence and realized that the box became the only item connecting the surroundings and me, which in my future, it becomes the original concept of architecture. Similiar to the theory of Erwin Schrรถdinger's Cat, I couldn't know the inner space of the box if I haven't seen, so I pay attention to create abundant of possibilities people may experience in space. What I bring in is only me, however, what I bring out from the box is humanistic value and free artistic expression relating to the design of architecture. Architecture is alive, changable and full of opportunities. I would consider architecture as a box with inner light. I try to light up poetic living attitude in the hostel, the new concept of environment and industry in the factory, the modern green feelings in high-rise building and the free reading inspiration in a book studio underground.
Book Studio Design
04 Silence Underground
High-Rise Design
03 Flying Green
Factory Reforming
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P23-32
P1-12
02 Back to Nature P13-22
Hostel Design
01 Hostel of Poets
01 Hostel of Poets Date: May 2019 to July 2019 Site Location: Pavalosta, Latvia Property: Academic Individual Work Tutor: Deng Qianxin
Nowadays, people are busy in fast-paced lives, and it's harder for them to pick up poems. However, different poets record their ideas diversely with different personalities. How to create houses to show the magic power of peoms farthest? As an individual project, I design a hostel in Pavalosta for relaxing and creating. By selecting typical poets in Latvia, I transform their poems into different types of houses which could help visitors to explore inner world deeply.
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Architecture Site
Tpyes of Poets
Jānis Pliekšāns
Latvia Latvia is located in the northern Europe. On account of high latitude, the country is cold in the most time in a year.
Pavalosta
My peoms tries to show the importance of innovation and independence. I’d like a house to light up my mind. Also, drawing a picture could be helpful to create.
Seaside
Pavalosta is a town in the western T h e e a s t e r n p a r t c o n n e c t s t h e Latvia whose residents are familiar with mainland, however, there're still the seaside. blocks of people living near the seaside.
Vizma Belševica I pay attention to write history in my works. It will be nice if the house could attach some exhibitions. With reality my poems could show sincerity.
Imants Ziedonis Let’s be more imaginary! An unusual house could be easier to stimulate our inspiration to create. Oh! And don't forget vodka! Everybody loves vodka!
Blocks near the Seaside
Aspazija A space for people to feel themselves could shorten the distance to poems. Cognition and freedom will be a great theme for the design. People need silence so a yoga room will be useful.
Coastal Town
Andrejs Pumpurs
Location
Wide Field of Vision
The site is in the western part of Pavalosta. There's some distance from the blocks of people near the seaside, and several roads connect. However, the place could help visitors get escape from the noises of the crowds, and let them be into unique experience in the hostel.
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National epics are the main theme in my work. I’d like a house to show the beauty of order. And how about an outdoor bathing place? That will be super kind.
Surrounded by different plants, natural environment could provide a relaxing space to meet the poems in people's heart. Hostel of poets draws inspiration from Lativan poets, extracts different characteristics from their works and voices different architecture language.
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Hostel Plan
Reception Hall
Entrance
Dining Hall
Jānis Pliekšāns ( September 11, 1865 – September 12, 1929 ) was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator and politician. Jānis' works had a great influence on Latvian language. He had written poetry such as A Silvery Light and Moon Girl, which are popular among native.
POETS
Jānis Pliekšāns
Aspazija
Vizma Belševica
Andrejs Pumpurs
Imants Ziedonis
The poems of Jānis Pliekšāns show the power of innovation and independence.
Tr i e s t o l i g h t u p people's feelings so Aspazija stated the importance of cognition and freedom in her work.
Differ from others, Vizma Belševica recorded the reailty in her language, which makes her poems symbolized as an exhibition.
Be Influenced by the political issues, Andrejs Pumpurs wrote numerous national epics and feelings.
Reason and reality is one of the most common theme in his work. Imants is the first to rose the fame during the Soviet era in Latvia.
Exhibition Space
Orderly Space
Enlightenment Space Meditation Space
Deconstruction Space
Basic Block
Enlightenment Space
Enlightenment Space Block
Meditation Space Block
Exhibition Space Block
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Orderly Space Block
Deconstruction Space Block
Enlightenment space provides telescope in its unique area above water. Walking steps by steps, our guest could follow the verse in Jānis Pliekšāns's work. Meanwhile, a painting room could help to record the momentary emotion when they are touched by the beautiful sightseeing.
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Aspazija,(16 March 1865 – 5 November 1943),a Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija was the pen name of Elza Johanna Emilija Lizete Pliekšāne. Her spouse was Jānis Pliekšāns, and she wrote the poetry Sunny Corner and Spread Wings which contains emotive text and personal feelings with deeply thinking.
Vizma Belševica (May 30, 1931, Riga – August 6, 2005), she was a Latvian poet, writer and translator. Her most notable poetry collections are Jūra deg (The Sea is Burning), Gadu gredzeni (Annual Rings) and so on. She had recorded history and wrote down politics in her works for respecting the real world.
Meditation Space A light room and a shady room, these two special blocks are designed in simple architecture vocabulary to arouse sentiment from people's mind in the meditation space. After the darkness time in the tunnel from the dining hall, at the exit, the light could give a rebirth for poets when they see the world clearly.
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Exhibition Space A delicate museum in a hostel! Sounds strange but interesting. Now it comes ture in the exhibition space in my design. It's similar to the words in Vizma Belševica's work——feeling reailty in the record. Visitors could also make their own model or showpiece in the DIY room.
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Imants Ziedonis (3 May 1933 – 27 February 2013) was a Latvian poet and writer who first rose to fame during the Soviet era in Latvia. He had poetry such as Sirds dinamīts (1963, Heart's Dynamite), Motocikls (1965, Motorcycle), and Es ieeju sevī (1968, I Enter Myself).
Andrejs Pumpurs (22 September, 1841– 6 July, 1902 in Riga) was a poet who wrote the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis and acted as a prominent figure in the Young Latvia movement. Deeply influenced by politics because of his own experience, he had shown great national passion in his strong words.
Orderly Space Orderly space, divided by modern pillars, is organized methodically for the guests to be into the epics of Andrejs Pumpurs. Besides, a swimming pool connects the house and the environment, which could make the space more active.
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Deconstruction Space Strange and creative, these two elements could be shown not only in the works of Imants Ziedonis, but also in my deconstruction space. To be into the changeful atmosphere I also provide a pub for the guests. Enjoy poems! Enjoy life!
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02 Back to Nature Date: August 2019 to October 2019 Site Location: Singapore Property: Academic Individual Work Tutor: Deng Qianxin
With the development of human history, people seek for better techonology to achieve better future. Our industry brings great benefit to the soceity while it is always seen as the enemy of nature. I believe that industry and nature are both friends to human beings, so my architecture tries to combine the two opposite words. As a result, an industrial powerhouse producing natural strength turns into my mind.
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Design Concept Green Characteristic Several scenic spots such as Labrador Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park locate nearby. They take within an hour's walk from the site.
As an industrial architecture, the history of transporting energy should be retained for people's memory. According to the natural elements in reality, I extract several natural items to form the museum. As a result, visitors could enjoy diversiform sceneries and feel the deep connection of nature and human industry.
Sun
Stone
Tree
River
Light
Block
Pillar
Flow
Ground Floor Plan 1.Entrance 2.Baggage Depository 3.Entrance(VIP) 4.Communiation Corner 5.Staff Room
6.Exhibits Warehouse 7."Bright and Shadow" 8.Nuclear Exhibition Space 9. "Shuttled Tunnel" 10.Relaxing Area
Pasir Panjang Power District As Singapore's powerhouse, the Pasir Panjang Power District supplyed needed power to develop industrialisation in the past. Nevertheless, it's not used now.
Composition of Visitiors
Residents
Tourists
Teenagers 15
Bussinessmen
Others 16
11.Contemporary Art Space 12.Exhibition Gallery 13.Toilet
Architecture Apperance
Functioned as powerhouse, it's necessary to maintain sectional apperance to keep the history. Meanwhile, modern material could make the museum fashionable and attractive to the public. So I use ground glass and silver rod piece to help it become brand new.
In the vertical hall, visitors could get close to contemporary sculptures. Red ramps act as ribbon to connect and decorate different floors.
Visitors could appreciate both scenery and paintings. Sunshine is the best illumination to internal hall.
1-1 Section
Connected by stairs and ramps, the exhibits are placed in a vertical touring route, and visitors are able to experience different inner space layer upon layer. Each platfom provides superexcellent scenery and the sight is roomy to shorten the distance among people. Industry devices are still retain in the hall, which act as friends to people and artworks in the museum.
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"Stream and Time"
A floor with water and stream tries to imply the flies of the time. Visitors could relax themselves on account of the soft voice and enjoy numerous paintings posted on the walls.
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"Wooden Grove" F4
Standing on the grass f l o o r, v i s i t o r s m a y understand the relation of human and artificial works. Statue exhibits are placed in those brown columns.
"Stone Path"
Connected by a wooden path, the object collection is placed by the formative history of the geology in a pure way.
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F2
F1
"Bright and Shadow"
Ty p e s o f b l o c k s c o n s t r u c t an area of natural light. As a silence prelude, visitors may slow down their pace and get into the artistic atmosphere.
03 Flying Green Date: January 2019 to March 2019 Site Location: Melbourne, Australia Property: Academic Team Work Tutor: Yin Jianfeng
At present, architects set up numerous high-rise buildings to keep pace with era. Our city becomes forest of reinforced concrete and be lacking of biological vitality. As a result, green sightseeing is an important but ignored element in design. To solve the problem, my partner and I try to make the green flying with the high-rise so as to bring the geoclimatic nature to the sky. We want to design a building with natural temperature.
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Site Analysis
Australia
Architecture Plan
Victoria
Melbourne
Southern Melbourne
Office Plan
Location The site is in Melbourne, which is a green city with numerous high-rise buildings. To respect the city feature, we are willing to build up a modern green architecture.
River
Stream Tree
Grass
View Analysis By analyzing the view in different height, we determine three sight spots in our twin tower. 25
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Be surrounding by numerous buildings, our architecture stands up with pretty curve. The interspace between the two buildings satisfies people's need to see the scenery. Three platforms become the bridges which connect the hotel and the office, and provide entertainment places for relaxing. Numerous trees are planted not only to fit with the environment but also to lead the green up.
Abundant Sceneries and Activities
We plant a lot around the buildings in order to lead the nature from the park to the people inside. The green surface could also act as sport place for walking.
Plan each floor could satisfy people's willing to receive sightseeing in the building. With cosy and joyful mood, people are easier to gain more passion in working and living.
1.Construct
4.Curve
2.Tilt
3.Adjust
Illumination
Ventilation
CO2�→O2
5.Plan
6.Connect
Air Change
Cool Down
Noise Obstruction
Massing
Energy Saving and Circulation
We analyze the height of buildings around, and create our high-rise in curved logic for being close to the shape of trees. As a result, the buildings become stretching and graceful in the box area.
On account of planting trees in the two buildings, everyone could gain enough sunny illumination and fresh air, and succeed to avoid quantity of heats and noises in Australia.
The green skin climbs up step by step like silk fabrics. Matching with transparent glass, modern element and nature intertwine like a melody.
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Work with Green
Relax with Green
Live with Green
Eating
Bussiness
Hotel
Climbing on the buildings, these bright belts highlight the transparent surface, display our modern concept and the desire to meet the sky.
Office
Entertainment
Platform
Reception
Shopping
High-Rise Building Section As a multifunction project, the buildings mainly operate as office and hotel. For visitiors, they could go shopping then check in the hotel. For office staff, they could eat in dining hall and relax with entertainment device.
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Surrounding by trees and grasses, our work retains its classic and elegant eminently. Extending along the height, green plants are ethereal, flying to meet our concept: sky high and green flys high. 32
04 Silence Underground Date: November 2019 to December 2019 Site Location: New York, America Property: Academic Individual Work Tutor: Liao Yuhang
Tiring? Then reading! A reading space could help people get rid of tiring work. Far away from the crowds, the inner heartfelt voice may jump out like fairies in pages. Concerning the reading habit and desire, I design a book studio in the central park to awake those sleepy bookworms. Let's take a silent journey underground to meet the world in papers.
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Site Analysis
Different Reading Types
Reading on Foot
United States of America
Eastern America
New York
Central Park
Reading with Nature
Reading on Blocks
Reading on Steps
Reading on Desks
Reading in Sofa
Reading by Stairs
Location
Reading in own Area
The site is in Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York. Plenty of museums set up nearby, which brings the area strong cultural atmosphere. Besides, with the scenery, people are easier be quiet and relaxing, which is a great advantage to set up a book studio.
Reading with Crowds
My book studio is willing to take people's different reading habits into account.These reading concepts help me to create proper atmosphere for each blocks of reading.
Reading in Atrium
Crowds Type
Age Type
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Behavior Type
Reading Freely
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Architecture Plan
Reading Space
Hook Face: gentle feelings
Grilled Window: bright and natural scenery
Vertical Stairs: relaxing and convenient
1st Floor Plan
Small Space: private and silence
Bookshelf: under the light Corner: quiet and undisturbed
-1 Floor Plan
Atrium: natural and optional Stairs: freely
a.Light Reading Space b.Natural Reading Space c.Light Stairs d.Silent Corner e.Book Cafe f. Book Shelf Stairs g.Meeting Studio
-2 Floor Plan
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Studio: meeting area
Reading Space
Multiple reading areas are created in the book studio, and they're also parts of scenic spots in the park. I believe with the maximum freedom, readers are more able to acquire knowledge in books. My book studio underground like an unknown story hidden under the book cover.
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With the grilled window, reader could enjoy rythnm of light.
1-1 Section
If we are tired of reading, why not have a coffee and take a rest?
2-2 Section
3-3 Section Book Studio Section
Unlike other architecture on the ground, I concern tourists visit the park are more willing to do reading in casual. So a book studio underground could act as a tourist site. Also, differ from the active atmosphere on the ground, a book studio underground could be a silent place for people to get down. Reading freely on the steps, bookworms may get into the book deeply.
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In the central park, we could take a journey to the book studio. It's a place for visitors to relax their pace and their mood. We could choose whatever ways we want to read the book. Enjoy the book, enjoy the heart and enjoy the lives.
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