PORTFOLIO SHUQI LI
CONTENT
1. Gates to Cave Heavens
2. Weaving the texture of city
3. Kinetic Temporary Medical Centre
01 Gates to Cave Heavens —— The influence of traditional Chinese landscape painting on the residential buidling Site: Suzhou, China Academic/Individual Work Year 3 Semester 1 Tutor: Aleksandra Raonic
In ancient china, there were many scholars making their efforts to pursue the living of life and the main purpose of Daoism is to pursue aging stop and transform into celestial being. Therefore they began to search for the relationship between nature and human. People that time believed that the mountains had mystery power and there were many celestial being living in mountains. The mountains had many caves and grottoes where celestial being lived, which called ‘Cave heavens’ (dongtian). It was said that cave heavens could lead to Daoism paradises where aging stop and inhabitants living in an eternal harmony with nature. This is why Chinese traditional paintings always depict mountains. In Chinese traditional paintings, the mountains are very magnificent together with fog and mountain stream and there are countless caves and grottoes in it. You cannot imagine what type the cave is and where it leads to. It may lead to an ideal realm where no pollution, no waste.
Ecological Manifesto: Gates to harmonious living
Site Analysis The site is located between the Xiyuan temple and Lingering garden, near the Suzhou old city. The Xiyuan temple was founded in the Yuan dynasty, was ruined and then became part of a large classical garden, Xiyuan or West Garden. The garden belonged to a Senior Government Official during the Ming Dynasty and he combined the temple with Lingering garden. When he died, his son donated the garden to the monastery. Most of the buildings were destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion in 1860. It was rebuilt after the war.
Traffic
Ecological concepts research
Creteria In living space, the green space is very important, which can:
1. The Green
2. The Swedish recy- 3. Zero waste: a small
Building
cling revolution
town’s big challenge
1. Purifing the air inside the buildings. 2. Making inhabitants feel relaxed, Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity. 3. Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation. It is also significant to recycle waste. Reusing materials or products means using less energy to
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2 km
create a product. Burning waste would create a large number of pollution. In addition, a approxi-
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mate way to deal with waste is to separate it into small categories in order to make it be recycled easier. Waterway Free green space Chargeable green space site 1km walking radius 2km walking radius 3km walking radius
Surrounding area
Target user group analysis Around the site, there are many schools. The typology of school is diverse which means there are students aging from little childen to
Range of children’s age: age groups from 0-18 years, 18+ years old One child with parents
Two child with parents
Single parent family
Single student
young adult. This also means the typology of buiding type is diverse around the site, for example, residential building for a family which has childen and parents or apartments for university students.
T he re sidential area is located around schools and the human traffic has strong relationship with student’s class time. After school, there will be traffic congestion around school.
Demands of Children
So the project can be designed for family with children and what must
Playing with friends
be considered is that what is their
Sports
living and working habits and social needs.
Playing
Swimming
Playing with parents Games Playing oneself
Eating
Cooking
Resting
Sleeping
Reading Cinema Learning
Dancing
Entertainment Cafe
Painting
Demands of Adults Schools Entrance Site
Playing with children
Resting
Working Exercising Entertainment
Gates in gardens
Typology The typology of the gates is diverse and each gate would lead to different space. The gates also can serve as boundary between inside and outside spaces. The most interesting thing is that you cannot imagine what it is inside the gates and cannot think of what the destination behind the gates. In addition, the gate could lead to cave heavens.
Spatial analysis
Unit foramtion and the process
Housing Units Type 1. For parents + 2 children
Morphology
Grottoes
Solid and void
Inside and outside
1 Entrance 2 Parents Bedroom 3 Study/Office 4 Kichen/Dining Room 5 2 Children Bedroom 6 Balcony 7 Toilet 8 Bathroom
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Models
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Type 2. For parents + 1 child 1 Entrance 2 Dressing Room 3 Toilet 4 Bathroom 5 Child Bedroom 6 Kitchen/Dining Room 7 Family cinema 8 Parents Bedroom 9 Bathroom 10 Balcony
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Type 3. For grandparents + parents + 1 child 1 Entrance 2 Sitting Room 3 Grandparents Bedroom 4 Laundry 5 Bathroom 6 Kitchen/Dining Room 7 Balcony 8 Parents Bedroom 9 Dressing Room 10 Family cinema 11 Child Bedroom 12 Toilet
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Type 5. Single student apartment
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Type 4. For single parent + 1 child
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1 Entrance 2 Bathroom 3 Sitting Room 4 Parent Bedroom 5 Office 6 Kitchen/Dining Room 7 Porch 8 Child Bedroom 9 Bathroom 10 Balcony
1 Entrance 2 Bathroom 3 Laundry 4 Kitchen/Dining Room 5 Sitting Room 6 Balcony 7 Bedroom 8 Bathroom 9 Office/Study 10 Mini cinema 11 Bedroom 12 Bathroom 13 Balcony
Typology distribution and circulation sample
Typology of cluster Type 4
Cluster 1
Type 3 Type 5
This is a sample of a general method of trans-
Type 2
forming units into a cluster. Type 1
The cluster follows the feature of the typology design. The units are not covered with another structure, but are exposed. Therefore, each housing unit still seems to be individual architecture, while communication is creating. I think the combined cluster is like a mountain. And when people walking outside, he will feel like walking in mountains and very closed to nature.
Cluster 2
Type 2
Type 1
Type 4
Cluster 3 Type 2 Type 4
Type 3 Type 1 Type 5
Master plan
Floor Plans
Detailed inside space
Third floor plan
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Second floor plan
First floor plan
Ground floor plan
Sustainable design
The green space will help lower the temperature and provide shade in summer. In addition, it also creates a feeling of mountains. The building should be well ventilated because of the difference of its height and width.
The orientation of buildings considers the demands of daylighting of residents in ordero make every units receive most daylighting.
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02 Weaving the Texture of City Suzhou Museum of Science and Technology Site: Suzhou, China Academic/Individual Work Year 3 Semester 2 Tutor: Zayad.Motlib The site around Tiger hill used to develop flourishing weaving industry. However, it was declined because of the high speed development of modern technonogy. This project is aimed to rewake the vitality of weaving technique and catalyse the development of the surrounding areas. Considering the weaving technique, the pattern was created by the construction of latitude and longitude threads. Tacking account of city, it is just like a huge weaving machine and the buildings are the patterns of work. It is the invisible latitude and longitude threads creating many buildings. My project uses this princible and pull up the threads to create a new landscape. It is important for this museum to connect the ancient and modern weavinf technique and apeal to more and more contemporary teenagers.
Site Analysis
Initial Concept: Chinese Silk Tapestry
Shangtang Street
K’o-ssy
Design Narrative
Horizontal Principle
Building Concept
Vertical Principle
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
Envirnmental Design
Sun radiation analysis Relative Humidity (%)
Sunpath
Wind rose
Wind Speed (m/s)
Plans
Ground floor plan
Second floor plan
First floor plan
Basement floor plan
Section B
Section A
Elevation
Tectonic Section Glass curtain wall
Foundation
03 Kinetic Temporary Medical Center Site: Beijing Nanyuan Airport, Beijing, China Academic/Individual Work Tutor: S.Wang
Kinetic architecture relates to the physical movement of structural building elements that can result to the spatial movement of a structure as an entirety or just part of it. Kinetic structures could clearly meet the needs of modern society like practical, aesthetical, interacting with the environment etc. as well as support and accomplish multiple functions; maybe all these at the same time. The automation and mobility offered can provide to the inhabitant of a building new forms of freedom and comfort in an artificial environment. As the society and the needs of modern man are becoming more unstable, not in terms of danger but as constantly changing, the buildings and housing must follow the new way of living. This becomes real only if the buildings can also transform by use of kinetic architecture, without losing though the fundamental concerns of traditional architecture. During an infectious outbreak, there is a severe shortage of hospital beds and healthcare resources are strained. In this project I try to challenge the use of movable spatial structures to realize the transformation of spatial functions under special circumstance to meet the application in many different sceneries of a temporary hospital. Take the site of Beijing Nanyuan Airport, the area that will be closed in 2021 will remain vacant for a long period of time, which could be used to house a Temporary Medical Centre during a major infectious disease outbreak to help combat the spread of the disease in the surrounding area. The structure of the Medical Centre will be kinetic and easy to move and assemble. It could adapt to different sites.
Site Location
Surrounding Areas Brownfield Site
Site Analysis
Park Stadium Industrial Park
SITE
Commercial District Building
Transportation
Existing Buildings
Highway
Airfield
Arterial Traffic
Airfield open space
Bus Station Waterway
Taxiway
Entrance 1
Parking apron Existing buildings
Entrance 2
Epidemic Situation
At the beginning of 2020, Covid-19 started in Wuhan, and spread rapidly across the country. Isolation and disinfection
The outbreak has strained medical resources, especially hospital beds. Stretched ward resources
Beijing Nanyuan Airport, founded in 1910, is located in Fengtai District, Beijing. It is the first airport in Chinese history. Beijing Nanyuan Airport is located in Nanyuan, Fengtai District, the southern suburbs of Beijing, 3 km south of the South Fourth Ring Road and 15 km south of Tiananmen Square. On September 25, 2019, the Centennial Nanyuan Airport will close its civil aviation operations, with all landings and takeoffs at Nanyuan Airport being transferred to Daxing Airport for operations.
Due to the epidemic, most people were quarantined at home. A large quantity of public buildings were left vacant, such as shopping malls, stadiums and airports, which caused a ser io us economic crisis. Vacant shopping mall
Vacant airport
Concept Development
Generation of Kinetic Unit
Gestalt theory
1. Kinetic structure
2. Foldable Enclosure
Grid
3. Foldable Partition
4. Roof
Pattern
Partition
Private space
Private space Sharing space
Space
Divide the unit into different available spaces through partitions to accommodate different functions and environments.
The roof of the unit is movable to generate different daylighting into interior space according to different functions and environments.
Functional Unit Unit 1
Unit 2
Ward
Office
Connection between enclosure and PVC membrane
Connection between roof and enclosure
Connection between roof and partition Push-pull Roof
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Container plate
Foldable Enclosure Steel frame
Shading Enclosure PVC Membrane
Unit 3
Unit 4
Canteen
Housing
Foldable Partition Steel frame
Shading Enclosure PVC Membrane
Supporting System Floor Panel
Timber grid foundation
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Timber floor
Connection between enclosure and floor
Connection between partition and floor
Angle iron
Assembly Sample
Medical staff Patient General circulation
Contaminated area Semi contaminated area Clean area Buffer zone
Master plan of Temporary Medical Center N
emergency entrance
waste exit
work entrance
medical staff passage sewage emergency treatment room
guard room
duty room
staff dormitory
main entrance clinic registration
changing room
waiting hall
storage storage
toilet
control room
operation room entrance
passage toilet
canteen kitchen
operating room
sterilizing room
passage
kitchen
Staff dormitory
office
office office
Office
passage
storage
operating room
preparation room operation room entrance
passage kitchen
canteen kitchen
operating room
toilet sterilizing room
passage
staff dormitory
consulting room
passage
toilet
medical staff passage
guard room
waiting hall
passage
radiology department consulting room
work entrance
outpatient pharmacy
Medical record consulting department room
observation room
changing operating room room
office office
passage
storage
work entrance
office
operating room
preparation room ward entrance
passage duty room
guard room
ward
staff dormitory
passage
Canteen
ward
nurses station
ward ward entrance
passage
Ward duty room
isolated ward isolated ward passage
contaminated area semi - contaminated area
guard room
clean area medical staff patient
isolated ward passage
nurses station medical staff passage
work entrance
passage
sewage treatment
waste exit
ward exit
Operating System Stage 1
Stage 2
Select the vacant public buildings as the site to construct temporary hospital during the epidemic.
Transport the components of module to the site by truck.
Stage 4
Stage 3
Construct the module according site plan.
Stage 5
Transportation of medical equipment a n d m e d i c a l s t a f f t o m a ke t h e temporary hospital operational.
Analyze the site and design the layout and network according to the site conditions.
Stage 6
Disassemble and fold the modular components.
Stage 7
Transform into another functional module after the epidemic for example, the homeless shelter.
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