Yinan Liu Portfolio for UCL March Architectural Design

YINAN LIU PORTFOLIO

SELECTED WORKS 2017-2022

Applying for UCL

March Architectural Design

Qingdao University of Technology

Major: Architecture

GPA: 86.23/ 100

EDUCATION INTERNSHIP PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Excellent Student Cadre, Advanced Individual, Outstanding Volunteer, The First Prize Scholarship, Social Work Scholarship

Shandong Province Outstanding Graduates

Qingdao Times Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

Full-time Intern with main responsibility for modeling and drafting

Algorithm Architecture Training Camp

Super-allotrope and Universe Development: Individual Project “Decay and Regeneration of Marine Symbols”

Discrete Architecture-Surrealism and Realism: Individual Project “Demonstration Industry Base of Closing Urban Cracks”

Excellent Award during Exhibition of Architectural Design in Developing Countries

Won the Third Prize in 12nd “Challenge Cup” Shandong Province Entrepreneurship Competition

Won the title of National Excellent Team in the College Students' Social Practice of "Three into the Country" in Summer Vacation

Won the Second Prize and the Third Prize in the Golden Finger Award (Organized by China Illuminating Engineering Society)

Group Project “Rebirth Circle” EVOLO

Group Project “Healing light gallery for autism” VELUX

Excellence Award in the China Landscape Lighting Competition

Excellent Award during Shandong Architecture Competition

ACTIVITIES

Chairman of On-campus Architecture and Physical Environment Association

Chairman of Student Union

Volunteer during Qingdao’s Two Sessions

Volunteer during Qingdao Marathon

Volunteer of the 24th Provincial Games of Shandong Province

Volunteer of the 48th APEC Optimizing SME Business Environment Seminar

Volunteer of the 18th SCO Summit

SKILLS&COMPETENCIES

PORTFOLIO YINAN LIU

Skills: CAD, Sketch Up, Rhino, Photoshop, Vary, and Adobe Illustrator (Skillful) Enscape, Lumion, In Design, UE5, and Grasshopper (Moderate)

SELECTED WORKS 2017-2022

MAYA, Pr, Zbrush, UNITY (Beginning)

Language: Mandarin (Native), English (Moderate), German (Beginner)

URBAN AGRICULTURE IN POOR COMMUNITIES

Creative Research in Underprivileged Areas of London

Type: Academic Project

Site Location: Poplar, London

Date: 2021.10-2021.11

Collaboration: Team Work

Team Member: Yinan Liu

Guocheng Wang

Wenhao Sun

Supervisor: Rujia Lin (Architect)

arch.rujialin@gmail.com

Poplar, located in the east of the city of London, England, is the largest concentration of Bangladeshi people in London. For a long time, people here have been impoverished due to historical reasons, racial issues, etc.

Adopt new forms of urban agriculture to ease food security in the region while providing low-cost organic food.The green landscape belt connects multiple communities, and is also a bond of communication between different ethnic cultures and an emotional bond to repair the wounds left by wars.

SITE ANALYSIS

Location: Close to Bow Creek,River Lea. Near the Thames River, between the financial district of Canary Wharf on the south side and the Olympic Park on the north side, forming a vacuum zone.

Contradiction: Multi-ethnic integration, but insufficient communication

POPLAR

Population distribution of Bangladesh in London

Poverty rates in London The E-food Desert Index (EFDI) in London English Index of Multiple Deprivation in London

Central Business District

Bangladeshi Community

Industrial Park

Olympic Park

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

The city where the project is located has a very long history, and as an important embodiment of British immigrant culture, the city has absorbed and accepted different cultures brought by immigrants from various countries. Over time, the city has accumulated a rich historical heritage, which has great excavation value, but at the same time, many of the conflicts left over from its history are still interfering with the lives of its residents.

1900s

1940s

1970s

2010s

Comic culture Memory of war Social fringe Food Culture

As one of the poorest areas in London, the residents are mainly dock workers, living in poverty, poor living environment and low social status.

In the Second World War, houses were severely damaged by German bombing, but people’s spirit of resisting aggression was praised by later generations.

Due to low English proficiency and religious conflicts, Bangladeshi immigrants are unable to integrate into the mainstream of society, and the economy is depressed.

The distinctive food culture has brought hope to the Bangladeshis. The curry grown is widely loved by people and has become a local cultural symbol.

Wharf area War destruction Slum Immigrant community

As a cargo distribution center for the entire UK and even Europe

The most bombed area of London during the war

As one of the least economically backward districts in London

As a typical British multicultural community

SITE STATUS ANALYSIS

We love fresh veges and fruits!

There is a large gap between the rich and the poor. On the north side of Aspen Way, there are Bengali communities, and on the south side are the financial district of Canary Wharf and high-end residential buildings.

We want to play outside with friends I

Pressure & Need

In recent years, the UK has relied heavily on imports of fresh vegetables and fruits. In order to ensure the food security of the domestic people, new forms of agriculture should be added.

·Repair idle land

·Use urban agriculture to increase the output of vegetables and fruits

·Ensure food security of citizens

·Activate the economy

Worse poverty in Bangladeshi

Government cuts are forcing people to turn to charities

CHANGES IN PEOPLE'S LIFE

The supermarket is sold out again today, as it has been many days

Muslims are not welcome here, stay away from me!

Keep your distance from them, they are not friendly

The food in the supermarket is too expensive!

I grew a la carte dishes in my restaurant and sold them as specialties

The environment has improved, and the children love to come out to play

I finally found a job in this city where I can make money with my labor

Wow, such a beautiful place in the city!

This area has already had such a long history

I have been looking forward to this internet celebrity restaurant for a long time

My friends love to come to my house and eat my own vegetables

I grew a la carte dishes in my restaurant and sold them as specialties

I like to feel the Bangladeshi culture, their dance is really moving

A station next to the farm makes it easy to transport vegetables

High Food Production

GERENAL PLAN

In urban renewal, we opt for phased activation. First of all, small-scale planting is used to attract the interest of residents, and then expand the scale, concentrate production, increase regional grain production, and finally develop the tourism industry around the region, form a complete tourism axis, and stimulate the outbreak of the regional economy. In this area, we have demonstrated the development model of urban agriculture in different spatial types, providing a template for the placement of urban agriculture throughout the city and arousing interest.

ECO-TOD

Memorial Park

Logistics & Transportation

Landscape Walkway Plant Towers

Bangladeshi community

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

STAGE 1

In the initial stage, we selected the public spaces that people in the city are most often exposed to and the yards of several families for small-scale planting, in this stage, the crops planted are mainly ornamental and food, so that people can see the possibilities of urban agricultural development, arouse people's interest in planting, and prepare for the next step of activation.

STAGE 2

As people's understanding and interest in urban agriculture increased, we increased the area used for cultivation in the city, selected several vacant lots to concentrate on planting and built platforms for the surrounding areas for food trading, food storage, providing people with planting materials and cultivating planting techniques.

STAGE 3

After the development of urban agriculture in this area, we chose to enhance the tourism value of the region, take the display of urban agriculture as a selling point, and connect several planting nodes in the region through the setting of the tourism axis to create a complete urban agricultural tourism area.

A landscape trail is established along the riverside .

Establish an urban agriculture exhibition park.

Establish planting towers to concentrate on planting.

Set up a wet market for vegetable trading.

Use your own rooftops to grow food and landscapes.

Grow landscapes and food on a family basis.

The TOD model makes the most of public transport.

Establishment of eco-restaurants to receive tourists.

Warehouses were set up to store grain.

Grow food in large areas along the river.

Planting areas are provided on the street side.

The community garden is planted with landscape.

Starting from the two DLR stations at the entrance of the Canary Wharf, a TOD Ecological Complex integrating station, office, commercial, planting and community service facilities will be built to gather the flow of people and transport them to the north.

Planting Area Division Planting Tower Module

This site is not only a concentrated production site for the surrounding communities, but also a node on the tourism axis. Therefore, while ensuring the efficient production of the site, we have divided different areas in the site for various plantings to express urban agriculture to tourists. Representation and operation mode in different space types.

A variety of modules are used in the plantation towers to carry different functions, ensuring high food yields while providing residents of surrounding communities with the opportunity to participate in urban life.

PLANTING TOWER

Potato Apple trees

Wheat Flowers

Memorial Plaza

The original gas storage tank was bombed during World War II. The location of the original gas storage tank is now circled as a memorial square to commemorate the trauma of the war and used as the entrance to the exhibition area.

Historical Exhibition— Natural Gas Factory

The exhibition area transformed from the gas storage tank 1 to show the history of the base, the original natural gas plant.

Historical Exhibition— Memories of World War I

The exhibition area transformed from the gas tank 2 is used to show the painful history of the place during World War I.

Planting Tower

People bypass the maze-like meditation area and enter the plantation area. The green planting towers make people feel full of vitality and full of new hopes for the future.

Meditation Pool

After learning about the history,people came to the place along the visiting route, meditating on the pain of history under the baptism of nature,and healed the soul.

Historical Exhibition— Wounds of World War II

The exhibition area transformed from the gas tank 3 is used to show the painful history of the place during World War ll.

Meditation Pool Revolving Corridor

People shuttled through the maze of city walls, stroked the thick concrete walls, and felt the baptism of history. The feeling of depression brought by the tall walls makes the atmosphere of this land that has experienced the trauma of war even more serious. In the end, under the guidance of the ramp between the walls, the vision suddenly became clear. People have come to the center of the pool, and the sky is shining from above. People’s thinking about history is sublimated here, and the pain caused by the war will be quiet at this moment. Heal, and history will continue to settle in the walls.

You can reach this place no matter whether it is a road on the ground or a corridor in the air. People go round and round the spirally ascending ramp, and they can see the green crops planted in the planting tower. Ornamental vegetation is also planted on both sides of the road, as if they are in a sky garden. On the way, people can walk to different scenic spots through different corridors. Going to the highest point, you can also overlook the scene of the entire park.

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Getting

I can get up later because school is right next to my house. In my free time, I can play or study with my schoolmates due to the school provides open spaces.

Because the storage space is right next to the factory, it reduces a lot of shipping costs and also reduces a lot of carbon footprints.

to work and picking up the kids from school has become easier and more convenient, and allows us to spend more time with our families.

OTHER WORKS