PORTFOLIO YOU WU MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science Track Urbanism TU Delft
INTRODUCTION
CONTENT
01 THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHINATOWNS 2019-2020, individual work 02 C: ONNECTION 2019, individual work 03 THE DUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACE 2018, individual work Diversity is the nature of big cities. ——Jane Jacobs
We live in an ever-changing era in which cities have been sprawling rapidly at the cost of diversity. All too often, the government chooses to neglect it. To me, diversity is diversified identities that set cities apart and function as a vessel containing its history, memory and culture.
04 REASSEMBLING THE RAILWAY 2017, collaboration 05 BACK TO THE COURTYARD 2016, individual work 06 THE GOLDEN STAR MARKET 2015, individual work Other Works
01 The Death and Life of Chinatowns Master Graduation Project in TU Delft Site: Zeedijk in Amsterdam, the Netherlands Socio-spatial strategies at neighbourhood scale Individual Project 2019.09-2020.07
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With the tendency of commodification, Chinatowns seemed to lose the authenticity and become a ‘Disneylandish’ ethnically-themed commercial area. In this process, Chinese entrepreneurs used fragmented and stereotypic Chinese elements to attract more tourists, but they also lost the connection with their compatriots. In addition, the shift of immigration waves also changed the role of Chinatowns for overseas Chinese. Still, Chinatowns are essential both for Chinese migrants and cities. They recorded the history of how the first Chinese immigrants settled and gradually integrated into host society. They also provided the platform to help inward Chinese group to open up and represent their ethnicity in the public. Under the impact of external and internal contexts, Chinatowns need to be transformed and reconfigured.
Problem statement Assimilation and integration
Pastiche authenticity
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assimilation and integration
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Assimilation
misunderstanding
Integration
cultural recoginition
ethnic branding
gentrified
Chinese entrepreneurs usually use the material manifestations to reinforce the ethnic branding of their stores. This contextualised approach has been widely used in Chinatowns all over the world. Indeed, tourists are easily attracted by these ‘otherness’ cultural tourism (Khan, 2015), which could bring more profits to the store owners. However, that local developers exaggerated Chineseness through those decorations has led to the misunderstanding of Chinese culture. It is distinctive but not authentic, and turn out to be a ‘Disneylandish Chinatown’ (Pang & Rath, 2007).
Interesting and exotic streetscape would promote the enthusiasm of tourists (Zukin, 1995; see also Pang & Rath, 2007), so as to promote the process of commodification. Hackworth and Rekers (2005) also explained the influence of ethnic packaging on the process of gentrification through four ethnicallythemed neighbourhoods in Toronto. They showed the potential of this ethnic branding to reinforce the gentrification. Based on this, ethnic entrepreneurs through generalised Chinese symbolism, such as the pagoda-like ornament and Chinese archway, to ethnically brand their stores and surrounding as the authentic Chinese culture. Consequently, there are some critical voices revolving around Chinatowns about the issues of authenticity and Chinese distinctiveness. This ethnic branding leads to more tourists and hardly Chinese residents or consumers passing by, which turned out to be a ‘Disneylandish Chinatown’.
Chinatowns in the Netherlands
Similar Chinatowns
Loss of local business owned by Chinese immigrants due to gentrification
assimilated
‘Local entrepreneurs are not completely free actors; they are embedded in the political econo-my’ (Rath, 2002). This process varied with different ethnic groups and conditions. As an ethnic neighbourhood, the altitudes from city councils both can stimulate or hamper the development of Chinatowns (van Liempt &Veldboer, 2009). Since Chinatowns have been institutionalised as a part of city, the attitude from local stakeholders and municipality had essential impacts on the development of Chinatowns.
'in-between'
Chinatown in Rotterdam
integrated
Chinatown in Amsterdam
Chinatown in the Hague
over-emphasize physical setting Chineseness through stereotypic elements
up-graded and replaced by chain stores and fancy restaurants
Conclusions Chinatowns are the emotional settlement for most overseas Chinese. Different with the inward Chinese social community, now Chinatown is open, but also commodified by the trend of socio-cultural tourism. An integrated Chinatown should maintain its openness, so as to engage different groups in this public space collective, so as to alleviate stereotypic representation to achieve mutual understanding. To achieve integrated and authentic Chinatown, the involvement of related group is the key factors. Now Chinatowns act as an essential bridge to connect Chinese community and local community through being a multi-functional public space. With multiple layers and roles for different groups, Chinatowns have much potential to engage diverse group together. Collaborating with social relationships between groups and enabling them to be involved, urban designers could help Chinatown transform toward the integrated and authentic direction with the help of socio-spatial planning.
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core of Chinatowns
image of ideal Chinatown T h ro u g h p rev i o u s a n a lys i s a b o u t the sense of place, we know that the engaged people and interactive activities are important components of this sense of place in Chinatown. Besides tourists and Chinese entrepreneurs, we cannot neglect the importance of overseas Chinese and local Westerner, who are the main participants under t h e d eve l o p m e n t o f C h i n a tow n s . Integration and combination between local and Chinese characters have composed the unique transnational identity of Chinatowns. Therefore, their engagement would provide more transnational experience for tourists and the neighbourhood. Diverse groups could also have much more possibility of unintended encounter, which would increase the sense of place. Meanwhile, under this process, the built environment should provide related physical settings for public activities.
requirements
synthesis diagrams
conclusion of theory
To achieve integrated and authentic Chinatown, the involvement of related group is the key factors. Now Chinatowns act as an essential bridge to connect Chinese community and local community through being a multi-functional public space. With multiple layers and roles for different groups, Chinatowns have much potential to engage diverse group together.
Strategies Strategies for social connection SC-1
collective space
SC-2
municipality
public space
flexible space
municipality
SC-3
public space
training school
NV Zeedijk
SC-4
public building
shop owners
inclusive streetscape
SC-5
interactive streetscape
streetscape
shop owners
streetscape
Strategies for ethnic culture EC-1
design guidelines
municipality
EC-2
public space public building
cultural activities
municipality NV Zeedijk
streetscape
EC-3
public building for Chinese culture
municipality
public space
public building
EC-4
maintain local characters
shop owners NV Zeedijk public space
integrated characters
EC-5
streetscape
shop owners
public space
streetscape
Strategies for economic activities EA-1
balance users
shop owners
EA-2
store
enrich concept
shop owners
EA-3
store
diverse target groups
shop owners
store
EA-4
NV Zeedijk
various Chinese store
municipality
EA-5
store
creative incubator
municipality
public building
EA-6
optimize business
NV Zeedijk
store
Interventions site 02
the distinct Chinese streetscape
daily empty plaza with few people Nieuwmarkt
Shopping street
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many Chinese restaurants (homogeneous)
EC-5
SC-1
EA-2
EC-2
EC-4
EA-4
notified street signs
collective space
workshop in stores
Chinese history museum
dragon boat
more Chinese store
crowded plaza with seasonal market
SC-3
SC-1
SC-2
SC-4
interactive streetscape
collective public space
moveable outdoor furniture
inclusive streetscape
EC-3 canal bank renovation
public space
city centre
stores
streetscape
SC-3 interactive streetscape
SC-4 inclusive streetscape
collective public space
flexible layout
interactive streetscape inclusive streetscape
collective public space
Chinese stores (at ground floor)
semi-public space
stores with collaborative workshop (at ground floor)
interactive streetscape
non-residential function
inclusive streetscape
residential function
residential streetscape
Stakeholders Map for phase 01
intervention area
In phase 01, main problems to solve are about economic performance of Chinese stores and related social conflicts. Manifestation of stores and streetscape should be renovated, to emphasis the transnational identity rather than Chinese identity. Shop owners could spontaneously contact with some Chinese artists to cooperate with them to enrich the interactive Chinese cultural experience. In addition, the municipality could consider intervened area as the test bed to see how to make a transnational design guideline to apply to the whole area. Potential investors might be interested in engaging this project.
problems main actors potential actors participants evaluation
Stakeholders Map for phase 02
intervention area
In Phase 02, the intervention area wo u l d b e ex p a n d e d t o t h e f i ve roads given Chinese name. Besides continuing to some strategies from previous phase, the main focus would be the engagement of diverse people. Under this condition, through create more collective public space and buildings around Zeedijk to increase more opportunities of unintended encounters from different groups. Introducing more Chinese cultural activities would not only enrich more interactive experience, but also a good platform to feel intangible Chinese culture. Overseas Chinese, local inhabitants and tourists are bridged together and enhance the understanding from each other. In ad-
dition, to integrate the local identity of Zeedijk with Chinese characterises to reinforce the transnational identity of Chinatown.
problems main actors potential actors participants evaluation
Vision: integrated and authentic Chinatown in Amsterdam
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semi-public street
public street
connectedness
experience authentic culture
4- street furniture with slightly Chinese elements
1- training school 2- Chinese artist studio 3-dragon boat 5- interactive window display 6- Chinese hand-craft workshop 7- moveable benches
public space
co-existence & unintended encounters
8- Chinese food cart
02 C: onnection TU Delft MSc 2 Studio: Architecture and Urban Design Site: Sloterdijk in Amsterdam, the Netherlands Urban design at neighbourhood scale Group Vision + Individual Design 2019.04-07
Sloterdijk is located in the northwest of Amsterdam. It was an essential harbour area before, now under the transformation of economic sectors in Amsterdam, the business area would be transformed into high-density residential area and working environment. Also, the Sloterdijk Station is an important train station in Amsterdam with large mobility to transfer and commute. However, the convenient infrastructure also brings many barriers for blocks. The area around train station has been divided into many small islands by infrastructures. How to deal with these problems and transform towards an liveable and lively working and living environment is the main concern of this project. This project is based on the Havenstad Project in Amsterdam to do the urban redevelopment proposal. collage image depicting the public space in the open residential area
Site Analysis and Group Vision Problems 01
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Infrastructural junctions as the main barriers fragmentation of sites due to infrastructures
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lack of green connection
scattered public space and low accessibility
Potentials 01
transform business area into residential area
Concept diagram - Ribborn
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train station is the main gathering space
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green potentials to connect
transform harbour area to recreational area
Vision map in Phases 04 a well-connection ribbon in mixed-use area
This ribbon could be regarded as a public sequence from the Sloterdijk station to harbour area. When people walking/ cycling along the ribbon, various programs to provide multiple altertives to make them stay and enjoy. The development of ribborn would develop in phases.
01 create main nodes
02 connection nodes
03 public system
05 further development
Individual design: connection
phase 01- two line of public greenery
phase 02- the public street with facilities
phase 03- open residential area
The phase diagram shows how to develop the ribbon within my chosen area. Firstly, through the green lines to connect the main nodes of ribbon; Secondly, through the public street and facilities at ground floor to devise a lively public sequence; Last but not least, through the open residential area to create new living and working environment to attract the target group to come and live in this area. The diagram of urban relations illustrates how this area well-connect to its surrouding and the role for the ribbon.
Urban Relations LIBRARY
THEATRE
CAFE
SUPERMARKET
to harbour
SKATE PARK
TO METRO
to north
TO ALLOTEMENT GARDEN
TO STATION to community
RETAILS
RAISED PARK
SUNKEN PLAZA
SPORT CLUB
PRIMARY SCHOOL
COMMON ROOM
Detailed Design Nodes Plan Through the previous analysis and the phase development, devising the related buidling typology for sites, which would have different various programs within the buildings and the courtyard. The right side shows the detailed design for each nodes. Through these joint area to clearly guide passengers to walk along the ribbon.
typology-1 mixed-use buildings
node 1- entrance of the sequence
node 2- main sequence and raised park
node 3- pubilic street
node 4- entrance to residential area
Site Plan N
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typology-3 residential buildings
a. cafe b. theatre c. library d. sport club e. skate park f. office g. skunken plaza h. supermarket i. community centre j. primary school k. playground l. urban farm
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03 The Duality of Public Space TU Delft MSc 2 Studio: Designing Urban Environment Site: Tanthof neighbourhood in Delft, the Netherlands Urban design at neighbourhood scale Group Vision + Individual Work 2018.11-12
the birdview of Tanthof, (Bing Map, 2019)
Tanthof is a neighborhood in the southwest of Delft. The district is divided into two parts, Tanthof-West and Tanthof-Oost. In the layout of the neighborhood, the course of old creeks was followed and other landscape elements were preserved. Tanthof is an island. There are much green areas existing without actual programs. These green areas are not visible at the eye level, especially for those people first coming to this neighbourhood. Most green area in Tanthof is like the natural fense of privacy, which also makes Tanthof have a unique identity. Through the intervention of public green space, this project aims to revitalize the old Dutch neighbourhood and provides the transformation possibility of these woonerf neighbourhood.
Site Analysis and Group Vision Location
the Hierarchy of Green Structure LEGENDA:
The Hague Central 20 MIN 17 MIN
street green
Train Station
block recreation
Train Tracks (Direct Trains)
block buffer
Roads
community recreation
The Hague HS 14 MIN
focused area
community buffer
The Hague Moerwijk 11 MIN
district recreation district buffer
Rijswijk
8 MIN
Delft Central
3 MIN
f Tantho
Delft Zuid
Most green area along the main creek in East only has one side, and the other side is close to residents' private yard.Except the chosen area, it has both side green along the creek with a large green area, which would be a good place for gathering the surrouding residents.
17 MIN 12 MIN
7 MIN
Schiedam
Rotterdam Central
17 MIN
Rotterdam Blaak
20 MIN
Rotterdam Zuid 37 MIN
Dordrecht
* Draw by Anneliese Fuchshuber
Group Vision
Surrounding Relations loop
Layer of Woonerf
neighbourhood road block road front yard
SITE
buildings
car road
collective green
slow traffic * source: Sander Mooij
densified area
new center
* Draw by Eva Groen
Tanthof is a typical Woonerf neighbourhood. According to the typology analysis of woonerf, the collective green used to play an important role in social gathering. However, residents here get older, they are not able to manage more green outside their private yard any more. As a result, those green area became the buffer and separation betetween houses.
People who visit Tanthof for the first time always get lost as the curved creek and buffer green makes them confused about where they are. If we also design some follies repetitively along the creek, it can also enable people to find way clearly, especially some ambiguous transition part. We used the same way to make creek clear to find with some pavilions, educational information spots and urban furnitures.
The chosen site is accesible to surrouding houses. Some front yards can have a live interaction with public green. In its southeastern area, the old primary school would be replaced with a high densified area.
Design Intervention Site Plan
Programs
urban
farm
garden
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plaza green house
3 2
5 4
Design Principles
6 1. urban farm 2. water plaza 3. playground 4. rainwater garden 5. green house 6. cycle path 7. bike parking
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urban farm pattern
visible green
platform to water
plaza pattern
lively interaction
ecological bank
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Detailed Design of Public Nodes urban farm
water plaza
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greenhouse
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building
front yard
farm
path
plaza
pavement
green
creek
pavement
bioswale
plaza
bioswale
sunken plaza stairs
water
grass
rainwater garden
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car road
grass
path
green house plants exhibition
cafe
bike parking path plant bed
creek
Axonometric Drawing
04 Reassembling the Railway for 2017 UIA International Student Competition Architectual Design Site: Hangzhou, CN Urban design at urban scale Cooperate with Kunong Gu 2017.o6-08
activities happening along the railway
Railway used to be regarded as the developing symbol of a city in the last century. However, due to urban sprawl, railway line has become to separation of a city which formed a long boundary between old city area and new developing area. Hangzhou Railway used to boundary of its old city, and it is also a symbol of conflicts between Qing Government and new society, as it had broken down the city wall. However, with time goes by, railway now has been regarded as negative zone in the city where people avoid entering. Eventually, we decided to preserve this kind of memory in Hangzhou as well as make efforts to attract tourists.
The Rail Line in the Hangzhou City
Urban Nodes
Urban Images
Hangzhou North Station
Legend railway river
node b-1
greenland favela factory
railway& barren land
barren land b-1 river
node b-2
railway
f-4 factory& barren land Hangzhou East Station b-2
4 Kinds of Negative Space node b-3 Railway used to be boundary of many cities. When city sprawling, it become a separation from old city and new development area. Barren land, favela, factory and railway yard, those places usually are shunned by citizens, the symbol of unsafety, but they are also memory of urban development.
g-1 g-2
residence& barren land river crossroad node f-4
the Importance of Greenland residence& factory f-5 Hangzhou City Station node f-5
f-6 node g-1
node g-2
overcrowded factory
greenland railway
b-3 node f-6
negative space g-3
positive space
node g-3
node g-4
favela& factory
greenland crossroad node f-7 creative park& favela g-4
f-7
f-8 node f-8
Hangzhou South Station
favela
greenland river
Strategies along the Rail Line Strategies for Favela
Strategies for Factory
Strategies for Barren Land
Strategies for Railway
new residential buildings
roof garden
community garden
high line park
parking buildings
industrial park
public space
trail park
new crossroad
creative park
creative park
bike path
roof play yard
green factory
community green way
jogging path
community corridors
art theatre & gallery
bio-basin
light line
The Clue of Hangzhou City
Legend railway station
Hangzhou North Station
subway station
Zhejiang University
main city area
Historical Area
main road connect the city transit lines road network research site urban design central business district The West Lake
Hangzhou East Station
Garments Town Hangzhou City Station
Central Business District Hangzhou City Station
Cultural Park
Qiantang River
Talent Area
hotel
hospital
hotel
railway station
Hangzhou Railway used to be its eastern boundary. In Qing Dynasty, citizens broke down city wall here and built up the first railway station, City Station in Hangzhou.
school
platform
morphology building quality facility
railway
residence
office
commerce
high-low
A-A Section
The Development of Hangzhou Data Resource: National bureau of Statistic of China
GDP housing price population urbanization rate building density
1911 | city boundary
1960 | city boundary
people's feelings
traffic tools
1990 | city boundary
Abandoned Factory
Barren Land
the industrial symbol, often avoided by citizens.
occupied by gabbage, used to be wasteland.
Pull Down City Wall the symbol of struggling with government, a victory of new society and citizens, and the fight with feudal rule system.
group analysis
Overcrowded Favela many poor people living here, overcrowded, dirty and chaos.
Problem Analysis Land use
Overcrowding Too much houses constructed, it leads to high building density and congestion.
Unsafety Negative space seems to be criminal places, so people avoid entering in.
Strategies
Active Pulic Realm Public space is the core of area, which enables people to have places to spend with friends.
Add More Function Nowadays, functions of city station should be more to satisfy demands from residents.
Facilities in Need Living environment is important for residents and surrounding workers.
Poor Living Environment There are many overcrowded and poor houses in this area.
HOTEL & OFFICE COMMERCIAL PLATFORM
Railway Park Trail is also a kind of memory in the city, so we should take use of.
Blank Wall Blank walls have just abruptly separated river and residence.
Walkable Environment Greenway is an important part to connect city, which encourage people to do exercises outdoors.
Lack of Amenities Favela
Few amennities and facilities have been placed here, and residence cannot live well.
Favela seems like flaw, but also the welcome symbol for new people coming in the city.
Walk into Lack of Parking Lot
Negative Space
There are no place for parking, so cars have to be placed on the narrow streets.
People from the other side will be willing to enter in, as it is attractive and active.
Factory Exhibition Factory in city is abandoned, but it remains some previous workers. It is also an important city memory.
Public space is an essential key to revitalize here, as it can bring people to do some activities here. Besides, additional functions provide more opportunities to be active, so that people will have activities here.
Master Plan 1. truck camp 2. complex high-rise building 3. hotel & office 4. park 5. railway exhibition 6. library 7. community center 8. gym 9. market 10. hospital 11. parking building 12. art gallery 13. outdoor theater 14. art center
mobile park
The Site There will be more public functions added to this site, including public amenities, commerce, entertainment and other functions. To connect those public buildings and nodes, green way is the best option, as it can create a comfortable and scenic way for people to live and enjoy here. With some new function and facilities, the site will be more energetic than before.
bridge cross the river
marketplace
high-rise building
outdoor cinema
Mutiple functions of Station
residence affordable housing
public space chess playing residence affordable housing corridor market
Reconnect the Site This place used to be regarded as negative space and separation of city. If both side of railway have some connections, like public buildings, public space, which enable people to have some activities here. When people are willing to enter
commercial shopping mall
the site, this place will be active. Beside, lack of facilities is also the main problem in this site, which leads to people's leaving once when they have money. Urban villages become the shelter for those people who firstly come to metropolis,
platform station & museum
due to its lower renting price. Also, villages usually contain a lot of caring emotion as people would like to help with each other, which should be remained.
Renovation of City Station
author: Kunnong Gu reworked by You Wu
Creative Fairs This fair mainly provides some daily necessities fo r re s i d e n t s t o b u y. A l s o , i t i s a g o o d place for tourists to experience local life.
Residence Turned into affordable houses, provide favela residents with new houses, with two housing types to satisfy different demands.
Supermarket Mainly served as the living infrastructure, meeting the needs of people's life, both from nearby area and residential buildings.
Grand View Terrace
Theater
Mainly served as tourism infrastructure, it is high enough to overlook the West Lake and the whole view from the old town here.
M a i n ly s e r ve d a s l i v i n g i n f ra s t r u c t u re , enable residents to lead an entertaining life, with some activities, such as sing competition.
Community Center Mainly served as living infrastructure, providing space for residents to hold serval activities and keep in touch with their neighbors.
Estates Management Mainly served as living infrastructure, solving problems for residents living in this building.
Museum Memory of city should be remembered. Museum takes ‘railway and city’ as theme to provide people to experience history of Hangzhou.
The Compenent Lifestyle Renovate City Station into a complex high-rise building, combined with reorganization of large scale mobility infrastructure can help rethink a more ambitious urban agenda for Hangzhou City. By intervention of a series of public space on different levels that connects people from disadvantage backgrounds and others. Intention of the design approach is to rethink about the typical mixture of affordable housing and market rate housing.
Shopping Mall Shopping mall can provide place for nearby people to do some shopping and meet with their friends thanks to the convenient traffic.
05 Back to the Courtyard Bachelor: Studio Work in the spring semester of Junior Year Site: Nanluogu Alley, Beijing, CN Urban design at neighbourhood scale Individual Work 2016.04-06
For centuries Hutongs have been the standard form of settlement for Chinese populations that moved from the countryside to the growing cities. Courtyards is one of traditional architectural features in Beijing, containing lots of stories and history. Surrounded by walls, the courtyard guaranteed the classical intimacy of the family life within denser circumstances. It combined privacy with density and flexibility with organization. However, this vanished because of tourism. Besides,
the public space within the courtyard
conflicts between tourists and residents become serious.
Historical Development of Nanluogu Alley Since Yuan Dynasty, Beijing has been regarded as the capital of this country. Nanluogu Alley was also built at that t i m e a n d w i t n e s s e d c h a n g e s a n d d eve l o p m e n t o f t h i s city. Also, because of the replacement of system and regime, functions in this alley have altered much for decades. Now it has become the famous tourist attraction in Beijing.
The Period of Messed-up Courtyard
1920s about: 2440 m2 A courtyard usually lives one whole family. It normally can be passed from generation to generation. People regarded their house as an important symbol of their family.
1960s about: 3200 m2 Courtyards had been separated by government to contain more people. They began to occupy some space intentionally, and asked their neighboring for agreements. Relation was still in harmony.
1990s about: 3750 m2 With the growth of families, there were more people living in a courtyard. Some people constructed rooms in the public space, the relation became divisive.
Conflicts Happened in Alley
Investigation Analysis Nanluogu Alley is located in the Dongcheng District, where it has a convenient location for people to visit. Hutong, as the symbol and traditional architectural style in Beijing, the capital of 6 dynasties, has attracted many people for fine and antique courtyards. Nanluogu Alley used to be the richest officers’ living area, which contains long history and historic relics. Residents are complicated in this area. Those people know much about this alley and Beijing history, and even some of them are aristocrats in the last dynasty. Hutong is important for these residents. However, government have not found the value from those residents living in this courtyard. They cannot enjoy the Hutong Life as before because of commercialization. The government has ignored residents’ feeling about where they live, so residents are not satisfied with current commercial situation in this alley.
From these charts, it is obvious that no matter residents and tourists are not so satisfied with the commercial situation in Nanluogu Alley. Visitors prefer to those traditional and local products and stores. Besides, it is interesting to mention that residents do not want to leave their community, because this place contains their so much memory that they even can bare this overcrowded living environment. There are many conflicts happened in this area every day. Tourists would like to enjoy themselves in this historical alley, but they cannot stand main street with so many people. When they walk into other alleys, traditional courtyards, no matter persevered by governments or local people residents, are all closed and do not allow tourists enter in. As a consequence, they can neither enjoy the Beijing traditional culture here, nor have fun in an overcrowded commercial street.
Current Situation Tourism Density Vistors need 25min to pass through the 800m-main alley. i n s o m e s p e c i a l d ays , t h e re a re more than 15,000 visitors in this area.
Tourism Density Residents only have tiny space to live and poor conditions.
Progarm Although the area seems over crowded, there are still some place not taken good use of.
Units
Prototype
original the original courtyard with commodious space
1940s some mobile boxes began to occupy open space
1960s more constructions built in courtyard
1980s some old buildings broken and taken place by constructions
present the current overcrowded situation in courtyardsns
Strategies
Courtyard Zone C o u r t ya rd s i n H u to n g a re e s s e n t i a l part of social life, as people prefer to communicate with their neighbors or have a rest in this place, the courtyard like an outside living room.
Quick Passage The dominant problem in the site is that people cannot cross the hutong quickly as it is congested with visitors. If residents have their own pass a g e , i t c a n re l i eve t h e s e p ro b l e m .
Facility Node There are some empty historical buildings here because of housing property, so it is a good way to transfer these buildings in to some public buildings to gather residents together.
Master Plan 1. Wanrong Former Residence 2. Youth Hostel 3. Yanmen Gate 4. Community Center 5. KeYuan Garden 6. Folk Experience Museum 7. Community Center 8. Day-care Center 9. Youth Hostel 10. Traditional Store 11. Dongcheng Primary School 12. Yu River 13. Central Academy of Drama 14. Baylor Mansion
Community Building Nanluogu Alley is not only a famous tourist attraction, but also a native community where living many local Beijing people who know more about traditional custom and culture in this city. We try to seek the needs from visitors, residents and shop owners, and connect them together to create a harmony relationship and eliminate conflicts from people.
06 The Golden Star Market Bachelor: Urban Design Studio in the spring semester of Sophomore Year Site: Haidian District, Beijing, CN Urban design at local scale Individual Work 2015.03-06
Wholesale market was a popular shopping place for ordinary people in last century, which is a kind of market facing both customers and small shop dealers at a cheap price. In that period, there was no online shopping, and wholesale market was the convenient place to purchase a variety of products. Because of high building density, it has been closed by government in many place. However, demands from citizens still exist, and it is also an important characteristics of that times people lacking materials. Physical model of urban space
Site Analysis
Jinwuxing wholesale market is located in the north of 3rd ring road in Beijing, as there are many warehouses occupied which may lead to traffic congestion. The government want to pull it down and change its current functions into office and shopping mall.
Problems of Wholesale Market
The Golden Star Market Jinwuxing in Chinese means golden star, which represents promising and energetic. The live atmosphere in this site should be maintained. This social marketplace, where people can communicate and enjoy themselves during their shopping time. Commercial environment in China has formed since Song Dynasty, and this pattern can help people recall memory in their childhood, especially some elder people. This way to purchase thing, unlike shopping mall, also can become a kind of city memory, which can remind people of that times and know about other way of purchase.
Other Works: the Narrative of Urban Analaysis
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TU Delft MSc 1 Studio: Analysis and design of urban form Site: Zaanstad, the Netherlands Urban analysis and proposals at city scale Individual Work 2018.09-11
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The process of knitting a sweater
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The research city is Zaanstad, which has a quite long history since 1650s. Under the development city was expanded from some scattered linear built-up area to a large culster. This analysis through the analogy of the process of knitting a sweater with the urban development of Zaanstad. Landscape provides the raw materials and shaped the framework to the city development initially. Later on, the coming of large infrastructure acted as a guide for city towards which directions. For example, TOD projects. Meanwhile, the public space plays the role as a button to both decorate the city and reinforce the city. Also when the sweater worn a long time, there maybe some fuzzy balls and outing strings. The city also would meet some problems after it has developed for a long time. Both sweater and city could through 'repair' to improvement its conditions.
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Purl Stitch
Knitting Stitch
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Infrastructure as a guide
Public space as a decoration
Repair
Other Works: the Spatial Planning of AMA
Problem Map
TU Delft MSc 2 Studio: Spatial Strategy for Global Metropolis Site: AMA Region, the Netherlands Urban Planning at Regional scale Group Work, with Dhushyanth and Jan-Lieuwe 2019.02-04 Vision Image
Opportunity Map
Layered Approach
OTHER WORKS
This project shows an interdependent AMA with networks of medium-sized cities, by optimizing the economic performance and enriching them with vibrant working and living environment around station nodes. Amsterdam is the most attractive city within the AMA, because of the vibrant living environment as well as a large number of job opportunities. However, there is limited space to accommodate all the employees and inhabitants in Amsterdam. People have to live in other cities with longer commuting time, and thus they miss the vibrancy of Amsterdam. To keep people stay and work in mediumsized cities outside Amsterdam, we introduce knowledge and service oriented economy to reinforce the local economy. In addition, to prevent urban sprawl, we recommend higher density within the urban area, especially around station nodes, based on Transport Oriented Development (TOD). This vision image shows the different scenario of station and its surrounding to achieve the vital working and living environment.