Portfolio_Xingyu Zhou_UCL MLA

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PORTFOLIO

selected works of Xingyu Zhou

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01 Remodeled Ribbon Shipyard

2023.04-2023.06

Waterfront park design

Individual work

02 WHISPER OF HILLSIDE

2024.06-2024.10

Disaster prevention project

Individual work

03 THE REBIRTH OF PLASTIC BAY

2024.04-2024.08

Ecological planning

Individual work

04 ORGANIC PROLIFERATION OF RUST

2022.04-2022.08

Steelworks heritage park design

Group work

05 OTHER WORK

2021.04-2022.06

Hotel design & Garden house design

Individual work

01 REMODELED RIBBON SHIPYARD-----Industrial site waterfront park

Types: academic work

Time: January - April 2023

Instructor: Xiao Xi (Associate professor)

Location:guangzhou Guangdong China Individual work

Description

The

of

INDUSTRIAL SITES ALONG THE PEARL RIVER

Proportion Of Factory In The Rear Channel Along The Pearl River

GLORY LEFT BEHIND

Many significant industrial heritage sites are in urgent need of protection

Too many structures in the shipyard prevent direct access to the water's edge

Heavy metals and wastewater from shipbuilding pollute soil and water

PLAN GENERATION MASTER PLAN

Bench-Retaining Wall

A-A' Section
Monument Area
Industrial Memorial Area Wetland Step
Lawn Step
B-B' Section
C-C' Section

02 WHISPER OF HILLSIDE---Landslide disaster reestablish in Mocoa

Types:

Time:

Instructor: Liang Rui (Lecturer)

Location:Mocoa Putumayo Colombia

Description

The

SHELTER: 3,417 are likely homeless due to the mudslides

CAUSE OF LANDSLIDE

ISSUES AND CURRENT STATUS

Catchment axis

Parallel arch bridge

Protective dam

Catchment Line

Community plaza

Community farm

Community market

Impounding reservoir

Relocation Diagram

Approximately, 1,241 housing unils located on high-riskterrain are gradual relocated to substitution housing. The strategies were made feasible by following tprinciple of proximity and by supporting self-constructegand additions and adjustments.

Los Pinos & Laureles

Removal:260 Housing

Relocated:280 Housing

San Miguel & San Fernando

Removal:325 Housing

Relocated:360 Housing

FRAMEWORK

PHASING DIAGRAMS

A large area will be divided into multiple slice units to be designed separately. Each unit framework consists of three main phases. In the first phase, earth is deposited to lay pipes and armor structures to establish a topographic base. The second phase allows vegetation to establish, actively gathering moisture and purifying runoftin separated channels. The third phase is landscaped infrastructure and potential embedded exclusive residences.

Mudslide Debris

03 THE REBIRTH OF PLASTIC BAY---a system that turns waste into treasure

Types: academic work

Time: April - August 2024

Instructor: Jiang Hai Yan (Professor)

Location:Noveleta Manila Philippines

Individual work

REGIONAL CRISIS

Loss and Erosion

Description

The project proposes the concept of recycling and upcycling marine waste, turning marine plastic—once a culprit of distress for Manila Bay—into a catalyst for restoring mangrove ecosystems and revitalizing local livelihoods. Recycled plastics are repurposed into various products, which are integrated into three key phases of the project. The manufacturing of these recycled products creates job opportunities for low-income communities in the area. The natural topography, shaped by river flows and sediment deposition, exemplifies how natural processes contribute to resilient urban spaces.

PLASTIC TIDE IN OCEAN

Plastic debris can suffocate the mangroves, preventing the roots from absorbing CO2 and thus killing them. The plastic also affects wildlife, who lose their habitat or could end up ingesting this plastic.

When plastic waste breaks down, it releases toxic chemicals that pollute water bodies. These pollutants can be absorbed by Marine life, affecting the entire ecological chain.

In a research, the Ecowaste Coalition said over twothirdsof the plastic waste in Manila Bay are single-use plasticslike sachets, straws, and plastic bags.

pieces of plastic waste in Manila Bay

pieces of plastic waste persquare kilometer

TURN CRISES INTO OPPORTUNITY

Collaborate plastic waste recycling towards resilient Complex

THE CURRENT WASTE ISSUE

PLASTIC WASTE RECYCLING SYSTEM

Accumulation inhibits mangrove growth

Endanger the health of residents Damage to Marine agriculture

MASTER PLAN

The formation of the terrain is a process of cumulative sedimentation, utilizing funnel-shaped dikes and stakes to capture river flows as they meet the sea. This approach creates funnel-shaped topography that results in multiple water pools, providing an ideal habitat for mangrove growth.

Near the coastline, the funnel-shaped formations naturally serve as collection points for marine debris, creating an effective ecological filtration system. Eventually, new communities will be built on these landscapes, completing the construction of a comprehensive and sustainable system.

2030 Cumulative Sediments
2040 Mangrove Habitat
2050 New Community

INTEGRATED SEA FARMING

Recycled plastic piles can handle a variety of situations, including fixed precipitation, as Marine aquaculture can provide a fixed farming rope role, providing attachment points

farming

Integrated mangrove culture can generate economic benefits while preserving mangrove habitat, while the platform can provide sightseeing functions

Integrated mangrove aquaculture Mangrove protective embankment

Species Cultured in Aquafarms

The new Marine farm uses mangroves as the new backbone of the farm, with many farmed organisms living in the roots of the mangroves. Form a relatively complete ecological chain between each other, and then ensure the restoration of mangrove ecology on the basis of reviving the original Marine aquaculture industry

Sea-weed
Tilapias
Milkfish
Sardine
Oyster
Shrimp
Crab Mussel Mangrove
Algae
Oyster farming

04 ORGANIC PROLIFERATION OF RUST---steelworks heritage park

Types: academic work

Time: April - August 2022

Instructor: Xiao Xi (Associate professor)

Location:Noveleta Manila Philippines Group work (As lead author)

Description

Your project focuses on a longer temporal dimension, integrating the geomorphological features of pre-industrial era. This allows visitors to experience the collision and fusion of Guangzhou’s primordial natural landscape with the industrial memory of the former steelworks. Within the park, a series of cultural and exhibition activities have been planned, with revenue generated from these initiatives feeding back into park maintenance, achieving a self-sustaining model. For areas closer to the community, linear community farming plots are introduced to reflect the site’s original attributes while embodying the productive principles of a resilient city.

Scattered Urban Green Space Patches With Weak Ecological Effects

Temperature analysis of heat island effect in Guangsteel area

Guangzhou Steel has left a lot of heritage in the time of development in Guangzhou, including innovation.However, there is no intersection with the Lingnan culture of Guangzhou, which lacks localization and integration.

Ecological Green Corridor

Lack of networked green spaces, i.e. the “District-City Ecological Corridor Group”, the Guanggang Green Corridor has become a key link between the Huadi River Corridor and the Pearl River Back Channel Ecological Corridor.

Industry Withdraws From Fangcun Area Resulting In Hollowing

Change analysis of industrial population

Guanggang predecessor Huadi River as an agricultural base for the production of ornamental fish industrialization base. Layout development of the production plant in the 1950s has begun to relocate to Nansha under the increasing constraints of environmental factors.

POI Facility Distribution Analysis

Through poi analysis, it is known that the overall facilities in Liwan District are concentrated in the old Xiguan area, while there is a lack of facilities in the Yicun area, which can be utilized to revitalize the abandoned facilities.

The Severance Of Guanggang Culture And Lingnan Thisization

Quarantine explanation

Guangzhou Steel has left a lot of cultural heritage in the time of development in Guangzhou, including innovation, practical work and patriotic spirit. However, there is no intersection with the Lingnan culture of Guangzhou, and there is a lack of localization and integration.

Crowd Analysis

Attract new people, a variety of people's composite relationship, balancing the relationship between their participants to meet the needs of the composite population, the

Muti-industrial Chain Operation

05 OTHER WORK

Types: academic work

Time: September - November 2022

Instructor: Liang Rui (Associate professor)

Description

The design of the hotel is built in Baiyun Mountain according to the terrain, and is spread out in the form of ancient Chinese painting scrolls. The ventilation and lighting design takes full account of the climate in Lingnan region. The structural design makes it have advantages in passive energy saving in carbon

Types: academic work

Time: September - December 2021

Instructor: Xiao Xi (Associate professor)

Description

The design of the house refers to the Chinese classical garden system and the form of ancient Chinese paintings, and expresses the journey of modern Chinese people to find the roots of ancient life style through the dialogue between ancient and modern people.

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