You Wu Portfolio Urbanism

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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H ET N IC

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

02

03

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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04

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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25

50

125 m

typology-2 residential buildings

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d

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3 4

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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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j k

l

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

1

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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10

20

urban farm pattern

visible green

platform to water

plaza pattern

lively interaction

ecological bank

N

50 m

Detailed Design of Public Nodes urban farm

water plaza

A

A

greenhouse

B

B

C

building

front yard

farm

path

plaza

pavement

green

creek

pavement

bioswale

plaza

bioswale

sunken plaza stairs

water

grass

rainwater garden

C

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

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Infrastructure as a guide

Public space as a decoration

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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

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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.