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C h a pt e r 1
WE NEVER KNOW TIME UNTIL. . . . . 2020
Reception center of a construction project Banqiao District, New Taipei City
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C h a pt e r 1
For humanity, time is an intricate thing, and we have never stopped discussing this for thousands of years.
In this project, I want the visitors to feel “time” is not only a theory but surrounds them once they walk in.
Here’s a question: How to make people sense time?
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C H 1 - P R O LO G U E It's seemed no edges, no boundaries when we're trying to observe the form and structure of time, it might be non-linear, even annular. The speed of time seems to be largely determined by how much information our minds absorb and process — the more information there is, the slower time goes. This connection was verified by the psychologist Robert Ornstein in the 1960s
city CENTRE of banqiao
SUBURb of banqiao
marine life of tamsui river
We live in the urban areas that time passes rapidly because there is so much information and people we have to deal with every single day, so here in the suburb, I hope this project would deliver an opposite impression from the downtown.
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C H 1 - S I T E & CO N C E PT There's a brook near the site of this project, the Tamsui River. She is the most well-known river in Taiwan which contains a plentiful history and nationality. Hundreds of years passed, Tamsui River is still there no matter which group of people took over this island. She is the river of Taiwanese history, she is the river of time. I feel things moving slow every time I go for a walk next to her. T h a t i s t h e e x p e r i e n c e I w a n t t o p re s e n t to the visitors, busy people escaped from city and finally got here to find peace. I took a creature called “Calcinus gaimardii” as my concept, its kind lives in Tamsui R i ve r, t h e i r s ke l e t o n w i l l b e g ro u n d e d o n the shore when they are dead, then someone who needs a new home would take it, on and on and on..... And also this project has a commercial purpose, selling real estate for the construction company. It's interesting to use the creature, which lives in a shell and one day might move out, as the concept of design.
creating an ancient, slow atmosphere!
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C H 1 - CO N C E PT & P R O C E S S To c re a t e a s p a c e t h a t m a ke s p e o p l e fe e l i n g t i m e , t h e Möbius Strip comes to my mind.
One surface
Three surfaces
The Möbius Strip is a surface with only one surface and only one boundary curve. therefore, if I put a ladybug on t h e s u r fa c e , i t wo u l d b e c ra w l i n g fo reve r. J u s t l i ke m y perspective of time (no edges, no boundaries, and might be annular)
I combined five strips in one to create a useable space, and this was the first time I gave the parametric design a shot, used Rhino and Grasshopper to do the math. Five surfaces
Arcing
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C H 1 - CO N C E PT & P R O C E S S CONTRAST BETWEEN FAST AND SLOW
The first time I got to know more about Rhino and Grasshopper was in 2020, there was an elective class, called “ Design Process and Modeling S t u d y ”, a n d I t h o u g h t Z a h a H a d i d ’ s s t u d i o h a s been creating tons of incredible works with parametric design, so I got to learn it.
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C H 1 - faç a d e The building embedded in the ground, which looks like it has been through the years, has tons of earth and dust cover on it.
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C H 1 - faç a d e First, the entrance is a piece of material, which seems to detach from the main building, aroused visitor’s curiosity.
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ON THE GROUND...
C H 1 - S PAT I A L P L A N N I N G
glasses connecting underground
plate glass
exit
plate glass
plate glass
entrence
glasses connecting underground
Plate glasses connect to the Show Flat and lead the natural light into the interior, gives viewers a home-like feel. At night, the glowing lights through the glasses indicate that something might happen underground.
B1 THE SHOW FLAT PART 09
Press to open the gate
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C H 1 - S PAT I A L P L A N N I N G
Security Room
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BASEMENT
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Registration & Information Center Multimedia Display Building Materials Display The Spiritual Intersection Conference Rooms Elevator Models Display Rest Rooms Show Flat
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CH1 - DESIGN rEGISTRATION & INFORMATION CENTER After pressing the button on the gate, visitors enter the registration and information center, they can get any house-buying details here. The lighting and curves of the building hint you the path...... The second stop is the multimedia display, this room shows the basics of the construction project, such as location, structure, lot size, square footage, and so on.
MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY (LEFT) & PATHWAY
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CH1 - DESIGN
MATERIALS DISPLAY To s h o w t h e m a t e r i a l s a n d s t r u c t u re s o f t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n n a t u r a l l y, I tore the walls dow n and revealed the thing s inside. I think that would b e m o r e i n t e r a c t i v e a n d d y n a m i c f o r t h e v i e w e r s t o fi n d o u t w h a t ' s behind the facade. Yo u c a n a l s o t o u c h t h e m a t e r i a l s t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n p roj e c t u s e d i n t h e interio rs, feel the texture, see the reflection under lighting.
MATERIALS DISPLAY
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CH1 - DESIGN In the Spiritual Intersection, sunshine falls into this concrete column, the visitors can connect to the sky directly, and the thick heavy wall, which surrounds you, also brings pacific and divine feelings.
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CH1 - DESIGN At the moment, time seems to stand still.
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C H 1 - CO N C E PT & S E C T I O N S
“Wrong way to go, Madam.“
Going down to discover the building.
In the meantime, the visitors are also revealing the history of Banqiao.
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The show flat extends my vision of the whole project, not only the materials, but also illustrating a calm and peaceful atmosphere. If you come closer, you would realize that all the elements and materials showed up before, now concentrate here, but finer.
THE EMOTIONS OF MATERIALS I u s e d c o n c re t e fl o o r a n d g l a s s fi b e r for the whole form of architecture. To e m p h a s i z e t h e v i s u a l a p p e a l , aluminum sheets were used in the information desk, multimedia room, and a wall of the show flat.
Tamped Concrete
Polished Concrete
Brushed Aluminum
Glass Fiber
Compares with concrete, aluminum also presents different feelings, the reflection on the sheets, which at the first part of the journey, responds to your moves, and reminds the visitors they still exist. After t h e m u l t i m e d i a r o o m , t h e r e’ s o n l y h e a v y, t h i c k c o n c r e t e a r o u n d , t h e s e n s e s o f t i m e a n d s p e e d a r e disappeared. Finally, the visitors enter the spiritual Intersection.
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C H 1 - D E S I G N & M AT E R I A L S
THE SHOW FLAT
AFTER THE COMMERCIAL USE C H 1 - E P I LO G U E & P H Y S I C A L M O D E L
The architecture is a piece of art, it is l i k e a s c u l p t u re l o c a t e d i n t h e a r t z o n e . After the construction company’s c o m m e r c i a l u s e ( t h e y s o l d a l l t h e fl a t s o u t ) i s o v e r, t h e r e c e p t i o n c e n t e r would be torn down, but I think that k i n d o f b e h a v i o r i s n o t e n v i ro n m e n t a l l y f r i e n d l y. I n t h i s p ro j e c t , t h i s b u i l d i n g c o u l d b e a gallery after its original purpose.
PHYSICAL MODEL
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CH1 - PHYSICAL MODEL
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CASE STUDY C H 1 - D R A F T S & S K E TC H E S
TARGET AUDIENCE
THEORY OF RELATIVITY IN SPACE
THE ENTRANCE
SOME FEELINGS...
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BUSINESS MODEL
C H 1 - D R A F T S & S K E TC H E S
IMAGINATION OF SPIRITUAL INTERSECTION
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