Sun Jichao's portfolio 2017

( 2012-2017 )

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN [ REORGANIZATION ] PORTFOLIO OF SUN JICHAO

[ REORGANIZATION ] Portfolio of Sun Jichao For the Application to M. Arch II, GSD, Harvard University Selected Works 2012 - 2017

[Address] 225w, 109th St, Apt61, New York, NY 10025 [Email] js5128@columbia.edu [Telephone] +1 3476978011

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[REORGANIZATION]

Architecture is reorganized by confronting new contexts.

Every individual person has their own way of perceiving the world that originates from observation and comprehension of life.

Similarly, architects have their own process of constructing space – from reconstructing a micro-world based on their impression of the macro-world.

For me, architecture develops when the contextual site is reorganized.

Contents Re-proposal - Human towards Religion:

I. Redoing Lanzarote - Movement to Manriquian Style Life

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GSAPP, Advanced Studio 2017 Fall, instructed by AndrĂŠs Jaque / Collaboration with Hector Song

Reprogramming - Human with Human:

II. Love Hotel in Xihu International Music Festival

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Competition Project, 2016 Spring / Individual Work

Recurrence - Human from Memory:

III. Reconstruction of Zhaoqing Temple in Hangzhou

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Core studio Work, 2015 Summer / Collaboration with Yu Yanchen

Reallocation - Human under Nature:

IV. Residential Complex amid the Tree Canopy

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Exchange Studio in Singapore, 2014 Fall / Individual Work

Recreation - Human in Society:

V. Gangsters’ block hidden in Boston Chinatown

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Competition Project, 2016 Summer / Collaboration with Yu Yanchen

Re-qualification - Other works:

VI. Paper Lamp, Chair, Architecture, HCI project, VI design Industrial Design Studio & Architecture Studio

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I. [ Redoing Lanzarote - Movement to Manriquian Style Life ] GSAPP, Advanced Design Studio, instructed by AndrĂŠs Jaque

Re-proposal - Human towards Religion Collaboration with Hector Song, 2017 Fall

I. Re-proposal - Human towards Religion: Redoing Lanzarote - Movement to Manriquian Style Life Lanzarote is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and has a volcanic origin.

It was born through fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations. The island has a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve protected site status and it is regulated by a versatile artist, architect, sculptor, activist, César Manrique.

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Basic Information of Lanzarote Island Lanzarote is an intriguing island with an extraordinary geology of 300 volcanic cones, at the same time ticking all the right good-time boxes. There are great beaches, interesting sights and plenty of restaurants and hotels. The landscape has a stark and otherworldly appearance, with the occasional bucolic, palm-filled valley juxtaposed with surreal, crinkly black lava fields.

I. Geology Volcanic Origin & Landsacape It was born through fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations

II. Urbanism Regulated by PIOT The wall should be white and the doors and mullions should be green. No buildings are allowed taller than palm tree.

III. Tourism Network Based on Context The existing tourist system is created by Cesar Manrique based on the natural and cultural context of Lanzarote.

IV. César Manrique Artist, Architect, Activist...

César Manrique was considered by Lanzarote people as an Icon, as the father of Lanzarote.

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CÉSAR MANRIQUE - Artist, Architect, Sculptor, Painter, Urban Planner, Activist We re-propose a Manriquian Movement started by Cesar Manrique in Lanzarote decades ago! It seems like Manriquian Movement had already been spreading on the island like a religion. Whenever we mentioned his name to people, they told us are crazily in love with him. César Manrique’s was considered by Lanzarote people as an Icon, as the father of Lanzarote.

Cesar Manrique’s Works Based on the Context of LANZAROTE I. Paintings Colors, Materiality, Abstraction Manrique had plunged into the informalist “matter” fabric of his own language and was thus beginning to give shape to his own new reality.

II. Murals Shape, Line, Curve César Manrique went in depth into non-figurative art while developing his paintings.

III. Wind Toys Developing from Wind Mills, Motion These are solid structures, cast in iron, made up of spheres, circles...that establish an interpenetrating complicated opposing rotational movement.

IV. Sculptures Nature Resources and Found Materials One cannot detect a coherent and personal touch in his projects. In every opportunity he used those materials that he thought more convenient.

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Platform Construction Based on Cesar Manrique’s Architectural Design The ability intervening Natural/Cultural context, use of natural elements. Hands-on Active Construction without technical construction drawings. Iterative Design, modifications continued after built according to changing conditions. Normalization, unification and non-developmentalism.

I. MONUMENTO AL CAMPESINO Unification Green+White & Lanza Casa It is a project in which Manrique was trying to concluded the traditional building style into a “Lanza Casa” court yard. The elements or modules are separable. These elements allow us to reprogram the existing ground environment and make it Inhabitable.

II. VALLE MALPASO Abandoned and Geography Viewing Deck & Landsacape Originally it was a shop/viewing deck, but it is now abandoned.

From its window you can get a beautiful view looking over the town of Haria, and the mountain ridge. Here you are also closer to the sky and the stars at night.

III. TARO DE TAHICHE Manrique Foundation Manrique's Art and Lava Bubble He found his site randomly while riding with his friend Pepin Ramirez. A fig tree top sticking out of a lava bubble caught his eyes, and there were four other bubbles adjacent to it. The land owner was a family friend, he let Cesar build his house free.

IV. RESTAURANTE EL DIABLO Geology Application Geo-thermal Driven Kitchen In Timafaya, Manrique designed the restaurant. This restaurant was built on active volcanic area that the ground was too hot to dig for a foundation. They had to lay 9 layers of basalt rock on the ground instead. Its kitchen uses volcanic heat to cook food.

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Cultural and Natural intervention, Nature Resources and Found Materials, Combination of Art and Nature.

V. JARDIN DE CACTUS Renovation Quarry + Cactus Species Manrique introduced a tranquil interspecies relationship in JARDIN DE CACTUS,as another demonstration of Manriquian’s idea of sustainable living.

VI. CASTILLO DE SAN JOSE Cultural Iteration History Military Castle MIAC, originally CASTILLO DE SAN JOSE, a lookout castle during pirate attacks. Renovated by Manrique into a Contemporary Art Museum, housing a great number of permanent collections, now it needs a temporary exhibition space.

VII. MIRADOR DEL RIO Materiality and Geography Viewing Deck on the mountain Built on a cliff, Look over to the El Río, MIRADOR DEL RIO once was a military lookout. The materialization of this project was fascinating, material differences often indicating a tendency of separation between elements.

VIII. JAMEOS DEL AGUA Geology Lava Tunnel and Nature resource His modification to Watery sites are also fantastic. JAMEOS DEL AGUA is part of a lava tube formed by volcanic eruption got refilled by the sea water.

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Scenarios of MANRIQUIAN ’s Intervention To live a Manriquian Style Life is necessary for us, in order to achieve such goals. Manriquian Life Style’s four core values are: - We made seven interventions on existing Manrique Buildings to actualize these Manriquian values

I. 3D Printing Factory - Monumento Al Campesino We use 3D printing assembly lines, prefabricating all Manrique building elements. The idea is to print Manriquian Manuals that help New Manriquians to be able make homes easier on the ground context of the island, by the same time extremely normalizing the island. Providing unified architectural elements for our other interventions.

II. Cable Car network - Valle Malpaso We see an opportunity to make the sky also Inhabitable for Manriquians, by introducing multiple cable car lines, providing mobilized view access to the beautiful landscape and the sky, making connections between mountains simultaneously.

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III. Manriquian ‘s Headquater - Taro de Tahiche &

VI. Exhibition - Castillo de San Jose

Inside these lava bubbles, Manrique lived a life explorative with nature, slept on the couch, active and social, loved parties, also being explorative with sex, enjoyed Nature, enjoyed Being Alive. He is a role-model of us Manriquians.

A port and a shipping container yard nearby give us New Naturally found materials. We multiply the shipping container ticket booth in front of the museum to make a space for temporary events.

IV. Collective Kitchen and Air Transportation - Restaurante El Diablo One of Lanzarote Tradition that we Manriquians take it as one of our values, is to Sustainably use our own local, found material and found natural resources. Timanfaya’s stores a great amount of earth energy such as Heat Energy and Helium. Instead of the current condition - only use the volcanic earth energy in the kitchen and the heat demonstration tourist shows. We want to use the earth resource to provide energy for the collective lava bubble housing unit.

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V. Farm to Produce Vegetable and Soap - Jardin de Cactus Manrique introduced a tranquil interspecies relationship in JARDIN DE CACTUS,as another demonstration of Manriquian’s idea of sustainable living. A collection of devices built from Manrique’s building elements are introduced here. They grow cactus and aloe vera. Cactus flowers attract bees and other insects work in the process of pollination of zucchini farms. Aloe Vera as an important ingredient for producing Aloe soap, which will be exported aboard.

VII. Incline Building Car - Mirador del Rio To enhance the momentum given by the cliff landscape, and the idea of materiality. We put an incline car on the cliff by making Manrique’s building slide on a track. Providing a direct access instead of only visual access to the sea.

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Manriquian Life Style’s four core values: 1. Be Inventive to Make All Natural contexts easier to Inhabit 2. Live within Nature, being explorative, enjoy Nature, enjoy Being Alive 3. Sustainable living, using Local Products, Natural Resources and Found Materials 4. Love Nature, Experience nature from Visual to all Senses

VIII. Recreation Park - Jameos del Agua Cesar Manrique’s made a unique kind of windtoy sculpture visualizing natural elements. His modification to Watery sites are also fantastic. JAMEOS DEL AGUA is part of a lava tube formed by volcanic eruption got refilled by the sea water. Here we introduce a recreational park built from Windtoys. Here the visual experience of natural is upgraded to physical experience. The water and wind element get together to have this final celebration of Manrique, the celebration of Manriquian lifestyle in Lanzarote. The windtoys also work as a turbine, generate energy for seawater desalination plants.

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New Platform for Manriquian Style Life on the Island It seems like Manriquian Movement had already been spreading on the island like a religion. Whenever we mentioned his name to people, they told us are crazily in love with him.

César Manrique’s was considered by Lanzarote people as an Icon, as the father of Lanzarote.

But yet in people’s mind, Cesar Manrique was merely a name, a portrait image, a guy who made all the buildings white and green. It is time to remind them about Manriquian’s ultimate goals: -

Develop High Quality Tourism

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Protect Lanzarote Natural Beauty

These new interventions are working together to help with the formation of this new Movement of Manriquian, proposing an upgraded tourism while bringing back many traditional industries. Promoting the beauty of Lanzarote as well as a Manriquian lifestyle.

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II. [ Love Hotel in Xihu International Music Festival ] Competition Project, instructed by Chen Lin

Reprogramming - Human with Human Individual Work, Spring 2016

II. Reprogramming - Human with Human: Love Hotel in Xihu International Music Festival Love Hotel is a place to collectively express love freely. But in China, the love hotel industry is in an awkward position, as lovers in China normally don’t go to hotels to express love.

Therefore I reprogrammed the love hotel with music festival.

During the music festival, the young generation are allowed to freely express feelings and affections, and to sense the thrill brought by the surrounding music, while immersed in the stunning scenery of the West Lake.

Reprogramming and Concept Motel or some kind of hotels have the potential to become generator of new relationships between man and women.

Music festival is the place surrounded with passion and freedom. People shows their truest faces there.

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Integrated for LOVE HOTEL Integrated functions of love hotel

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This project outlines 5 typical functions of hotel and music festival as well as their normal pattern from gender aspects. Moreover, this project reprograms basic functions of love hotel and integrate the hotel rooms with typical music festival programs , such as backstage, storage room and CD retail shops.

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The research of type “acquaintance” is conducted in the aspect of the width and shape of narrow space.

The research of type “strengthen” is conducted to find the method how to divide sleeping space.

The research of type “refresh” is conducted in the aspect of the openness and brightness of space.

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The Results of the Space Study and the tactics of Room Type With three studies conducted above, the residential types were conducted related to the narrowness, division and exposure.

Strategy of Reprogramming There are eight different programmings concerning to music festival. Three kinds of residential units are constructed upside.

1. Open-air Cinema

2. Coffee & Restaurant

3. CD Retail & Bike Rent

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5. Reception Center

6. Storage & Logistics

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8. Musician's Stage

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1 The plan of type “acquaintance” are divided into two part so as to express the corridor between it. The adolescence meet and build relationship here, like the red and blue maker in the drawing. The narrow space make them fail to avoid touching each other. So they will say sorry and the communication begins. The axonometric drawing illustrate the typical scene.

2 The plan of type “strengthen’’ can express concept clearly. It is designed for fresh couples who come to Xihu music festival to enjoy music and “strengthen” their relationship. There beds are divided by washing room so they can sleep on different beds. Meanwhile they can live in one room to accompany each other and they may will be motivated by the music and “strengthen” their relationship.

3 The plan of type “refresh” are programmed for the couples who may be lost their romance or passion. The room are divided into inside and outside parts. The outside part are enclosed by glass so it is open and can be seen by passerby, so they may well want to come to the inner room which is enclosed by concrete wall to do their things. The problems in their relationship could be fixed or cured by their private collective life.

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TYPE “Acquaintance” Interior View 1: Youngsters meet in the narrow space The first interior view is related to type “acquaintance”, which are designed for the single youth who come to west lake music festival.

These single adolescence are passionate and want to find their mate, thereby the narrow corridor and stairs enabling them to confront and communicate with people they don’t know before. And the conversation may well begin like “sorry to bother you”.

TYPE “Strengthen” Interior View 2: Fresh couple attract each other.

The second interior view are designed for the fresh couple who just become couple but don’t want to sleep on one bed. These fresh couples come to west lake music festival to enjoy music and “strengthen” their relationship. Therefore this project provides them with the opportunities to live in one room but on two beds. They may will be motivated by the music and “strengthen” their relationship.

TYPE “Refresh” Interior View 3: Couple make love under risks of exposure The type “refresh” are programmed for the couples who may be lost their romance or passion. They come to the music festival because of collective interest. Consequently, this residential type construct two kinds of space for their daily life and private life. The out part are enclosed by glass so it is open and can be seen by passerby, so they may well want to come to the inner room which is enclosed by concrete wall to do their things.

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Exterior View of Love Hotel This drawing exhibit the elevation of the love hotel from the entrance view.

When night coming, small or formal music festival will be hold, couples can choose the way which they want to spend their time. Sitting on grass and watching the stars, staying in their rooms or dancing in the music hall are all brilliant ways to enjoy their collective happy time.

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Interior View 4 of Love Hotel The final interior view outlines an imagining picture that an young women standing close to the window and watching the fireworks where is hold an music festival. The clothes on the floor and ties on the bed imply she may well have made love with her boyfriend. The love hotel could led young people to experience heartfelt of the music and love.

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III. [ Reconstruction of Zhaoqing Temple in Hangzhou ] Core Studio Work, instructed by Qiu Zhi

Recurrence - Human from Memory Collaboration with Yu Yanchen, Summer 2015 Research, schematic design, diagrams, physical models, renderings

III. Recurrence - Human From Memory: Rebuilding Zhaoqing Temple in Modern Context At the former site of this architecture, there was a large Buddhist temple called Zhaoqing Temple. Reconstruction of Zhaoqing Temple Architecture is a container to stimulate event in case the local religion dies as the old temple is gone. Also it will bring vigorous development to the city as the traditional religious place and public space for activities are regenerated.

The Process of Occurrence, Disappearance and Restoration It used to be the origin of missionary activities for the ancient Chinese and a traditional market where common people came to buy articles of daily use or enjoy the traditional Chinese opera. However this Zhaoqing Temple was destroyed as time passed by.

At first, that region is blank which means there is no permanent Gradually, a small village appeared and people begin to develop residents or regular human activities. People just sometimes this region to make their life. However, t he main circulation are come here to hunt in the wild mountain and river. around the village because farmers cultivated crops here.

And then, with the development of the town, a temple are con- After Song Dynasty, that region developed into a big city and structed here. In that period, people go to the temple to offer people come to the mountain regularly. And the incense market incense or climb the mountain when they are free. along the mountain road attract numerous citizens and visitors.

With the war and repaid development last century, the temple We tried to rebuild such a place for both the followers and the is destructed and the market disappeared. Residents here lost common residents. This can not only recover the place left in their customs, convention and collective recreation place. their memory but also reactivate the site.

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The Transforming Sequence in both Time and Space We intend to rebuild this place to make the famous religious site and popular life area appear again. With these old pictures of the traditional and conventional temple and monks, we can have a knowledge of the space where they live and the responsiblities which they take. We consequently can rebuilt the temple in the modern context while in conventional living pattern.

A long narrow bridge is designed along the former road of that traditional market and the main temple is reconstructed at the path where monks used to go up into the mountain. The new temple is designed next to the original site because the site is built with other architectures now. New context require the transformation of the site and the sequence of the Temple.

The Pattern of Plants The current site is in Baochu mountain growing various kinds of plants. To construct a temple building fitting to the forest context, we conduct a research about the plants pattern related to buddalism and construct space response to it.

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Typology of Frame the View in the Temple Framing view is the basic strategies to manage the scenes and this temple. There are six typical space typologies listed as below, including borrowing view, framing view, view opposition and so on.

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Section Study for Space Series The combination of space form, space size, the light and shadow enable the long linear architecture generates various and intriguing results. We conduct a section study to illustrate that series.

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The section of the series could be also read as the space between the three lines - the skyline, the bottom line, and the topography outline. The linear exploration extends the topic of linear system, researching on several relationships and possibilities of space in a linear architecture.

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Physical Model - Elevation The elevation of the physical model illustrate the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s connection to the ground in a continuous view.

And also, we can learn about several tactic about its corresponding to the outside view. For example, the monks' residence are built overhead the mountain. From inside, people could overlook the German Oaks below.

Physical Model - Birdview The linear shape brings a strong sense of sequence for space experiencing and we investigated into various forms of such space in response to different physical environment a, creating a sequence from both inside and outside of the architecture. Such sequence creates an spontaneous order for the visitors when wandering inside.

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Inner Yard & Buddhist Depositary The intersection of two linear space creates several courtyards, connecting different parts of the temple.

The architecture could be understood as either a linear system intersect the mountain or sparse geometry distributing on it.

Front Yard and Temple Hall The double layers system create a double spatial experience - the linear peaceful interior Versus the integrating open exterior.

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Physical Models of the Typical Space Prototype The eight 1:50 models can express the materials what we want to use and the structures how we plan to reconstruct the temple.

The light and shadow is the language of the temple.

Space in Response to Terrains The section of the series could be also read as the space between the three lines, including the skyline, the bottom line, and the topography outline.

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IV. [ Residential Complex amid Tree canopy ] Exchange Studio Work, instructed by Pauline Ang

Reallocation - Human under Nature Individual Work, Fall 2014

IV. Reallocation- Human under Nature: Residential Complex amid the Tree Canopy Apartment is the home to most urban residents. In the past few decades, many cities and areas all devote to provide citizens with just basic residential place. However, apartments nowadays should be a sustainable and comfortable habitat for residents. Singapore HDB which was established to develop public housing now make many areas in Singapore the same and cannot provide residents with enough public space. To develop City in A Garden, Singapore need to exploit new styles of residence.

Reallocation and Concept There are heritage rain trees in the site, which provide residents with open shaded space. Meanwhile, the Singapore Botanic Gardens, is not too far down the Holland Road. Therefore, I want to make the new apartment the continuity of nature. In detail, I want to reallocate the residential space to the upper part and create shaded public space like what natural trees do.

Elevation Study for the Current & Future To propose my own schematic, I conduct an elevation study about the Holland Village, Singapore. A-series illustrate my own concept. B-series shows the tactic of other related programmings. C-series display the future elevation view of Holland Village.

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The new elevation of Holland Village will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;naturalâ&#x20AC;? and highly recognizable.

Block Cluster-type and Development in Singapore Singapore are developed from a poverty-stricken colony which have low greening rate. Since the foundation of the country, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew lead Singaporean protect environment and plants trees, thereby enabling Singapore to become a Garden City.

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Conceptual Drawing for Open Shaded Space The followed pictures and collage illustrate three types of open space: a square with no shade, a park in nature and space shaded by buildings and trees. The last one is the aim tree apartment want to achieve.

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Ground Floor Plan - Planning with context There are heritage rain trees in the site, which provide residents with open shaded space. This masterplan create new apartment avoiding cutting these old rain trees.

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Outdoor View of Tree apartment This picture illustrate the scene what residents here could see when they are go back to their home. The space and road near the building are shaded by both tree apartment and trees.

Interior View of Tree Apartment With the view in a normal type, we can appreciate the intriguing and beautiful outdoor space, know more about the Facade strategies in this program and recognize the tactics of planting.

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Navigation for the Residential Strategy There are twenty basic programmings in this residential complex which are marked in the diagrams 1. And the residential complex are composed with Tree Cluster A and Tree Cluster B which illustrate with the navigation diagrams.

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Fifth and Seventh Floor Plan The fifth and seventh floor plan is the two which clearly express the strategy in this design. Every “tree” has its own core and then two or three “trees” form a cluster bridged by platform in the air.

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View for the Shaded Public Space The outdoor shaded public square are demonstrated clearly in this view and we can easily imagine that people, nature and buildings have a harmonious and intense relationship here.

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V. [ An Overlapping Region of Ritual & Gangstersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programming ] Competition Project

Recreation - Human in Society Collaboration with Yu Yanchen, summer 2016 Research, schematic design, diagrams, modeling, renderings

V. Recreation - Human in Society: An Overlapping Region of Ritual & Gangstersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programming The establishment of gangstersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; community is to compete with gentrification in Boston. This new block is organized with three streamlines of different people. Various streamlines get integrated by gangs process & ritual process called Shao Wangchuan.

Analysis of Chinese Immigrants to America The initial Chinese immigrants from Fujian carried various customs and rite to America, which affect their life to the present.

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Internal Contradictions and External Pressure in Chinatown, Boston Gangsters in their community, culture lost and issues concerning gentrification are all the urgent problems to be tackled with.

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Gentrification Versus Gangsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Block, Paradox In confront with the negative effect of gentrification [capitalists moving back to the city, causing an increase in housing prices, expelling the residents out of their original dwellings], gangsters will maintain a complete ordered community while being extremely violent outside.

Reprogramming of Traditional Rite and Gangsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tasks The complex system is combined of two processes - gangs process and ritual process. The programming of these two processes is aimed at classifying different behaviors and grouping the similar ones.

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Typology of Notable Red Volume With the strategy analyzed above, it is the overlap region of rite programming and gangster’s programming that construct and maintain this anti-utopia community. Consequently, we careful conduct a research about their common space.

Typology of these overlap regions prohibits core activities in the community and represents the main compositions of the architecture. The rest parts of the building are added as accessories around these core volumes.

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Massage Parlor Massage Room Rest Room for Whore Civil Hall Warehouse Hotel Room-a Apartment for Whore Safe house Elevator Hall Apartment-a Recreation Hotel Room-b Meeting room

Ninth floor is the top floor of the apartment block of the whole block. It shows the standard floor plan which contains the Hidden structure and the relationship of these and religious shrine. Ordinary people, gangster and some illegal worker could live in one block.

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Section Study of Rite Hall The section, noting the structure and special transportation space with red, prohibits the complex core volumes. Such volumes are organized through the whole system vertically and horizontally. This network is used as a second transportation system combining the streamlines related three kinds of people. Also it is used as main structure to support the architecture and isolate the gangsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spaces from others.

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Exploded Axonometric Drawing The system connected by the core volume can be divided into three parts - the gangsters part, the residents part, and the workers part. Each part has its own subsystem which is also organized by the core volume. These volumes represent the main supportive structure and work as an overlap area of three types of streamlines.

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Motion and Events of Gangsters, Ordinary people and Illegal Workers It is an expansion and reorganization of the programmings of three types of people. All the subsystems work independently with the isolation by core volumes while they also intersect at some points with the connection of the same volumes, establishing a complex but ordered network.

A. Gangster’s motion & Events

1. Gangs' Room

2. Back Street

3. Square

4. Ritual Hall

5. Logistic

6. Meeting

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B. Ordinary people’s motion & Events

1. Apartment

2. Recreation

3. Home Niche

4. Back Street

5. Stores

6. Working Space

7. Ritual Hall

C. Illegal worker’s motion & Events

1. Entrance

2. Loft

3. Private Passage

4. Rest Room

5. Casino

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6. Whorehouse

7. KTV

8.Drug Storage

VI. [Re-qualify - other works] Every individual person has their own way of perceiving the world that originates from observation and comprehension of life. To me, architecture and industrial design function as the platform to understand the world from both micro and macro perspectives.

V-i. Paper Lamp

V-ii. Handcraft & Wood Chair

V-iii. Architecture Models

V-iv. Structure & Tectonic

V-v. HCI Project & Business Plan

V-vi. VI Design, JOYMAN

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VI-i. [ Paper Lamp -

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Cultural Composition, instructed by Jiang Hao

Revival - Traditional Handicraft Collaboration with Chen Rui, Zhan Sicheng, Cao Shun

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VI-i. Revival - Human & Traditional Handicraft Paper Lamp, new design with traditional techniques Our group chooses a group of handmade paper workshop with a long history of production. Personally experience the production process of handmade rice paper and found that ebony rice paper has a good toughness and plasticity.

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The first three steps are mainly raw material collection and per-preparation work. 1. Collection of green sandalwood book cover; 2. Bark through the manual processing and careful selection; 3. Heating and boiling with lime, etc.

The middle three steps are the main process of raw material processing.

4. Fiber after cooking and other materials to produce a chemical reaction by the sun white; 5. Mashed into the mud; 6. Add water to form a pulp.

The last three stages are post-processing. 1. We make the paper film using the instrument made by bamboo strips; 2. Pressure placed under the stones, remove excess water; 3.

Affixed to the hot wall, the formation of paper.

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Final Product Photographs The lamp were finally installed on a wooden wall. Lighting with yellow and white light, the 15 array lamp exhibit the beautiful texture and color of the paper

We experience the traditional ebony rice paper production process, let us feel the wonderful craftsmanship. Handmade paper special texture, in the light irradiation, especially mild and beautiful. By adjusting the light intensity, we can feel different light.

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VI-ii. Refabrication - Handmade Furniture Handmade furniture in small scale, Wood Chair In the design and fabrication studio, we made a series of furniture in small scale first. And then, we design our chair and then made it with fabrication tools.

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VI-iii. & V-iv. Remake - Space, Structure and Tectonic Physical models of Art and culture center, basic tectonic and covered space The physical models of architecture help me to understand the space in a more vivid and accurate perspective. It can strengthen our cognition to materials, light and shadow, tectonic and structure, etc.

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A: The Art and Cultural Center B: Section Study model C: Pavilion, Room, Hall, Garden D: Long-span Structure

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VI-v. Reactivation - Human Lifestyle Interactive Installation to Promote Activity Actro is an interactive installation placed in public places to promote people’s physical activity. To see the full display, people need to move and step on each part of the ground. This installation can be used as advertisements to gain business profit.

Concept and Prototype In this workshop, besides from designing and prototyping, we spent a lot of time collecting data and conducting user research. This was to support our modification as well as the development of value proposition.

Brain Storming

Idea Discussing

Taking advantage of people’s curiosity, we designed an interactive device placed in stations. To watch the whole picture or video, people should move actively. This installation can be combined with advertisements.

PROTOTYPE TEST

Concept

Prototype

We brought the prototype to two locations to run a test and collect feedback. One was the school’s canteen, where at noon there were both students, teachers and residents around. The other was a big buses station.

Test 01

BUSINESS PLAN

Test 02

By scrutinizing all the stakeholders and their actions in Actro, we analyzed the changes to happen and concluded all the consequences. And then we propose our business plan.

Watch the video

https://vimeo.com/150319254

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VI-vi. Refashion - Visual Identity VI Design for African Drum Club, JOYMAN Manding refers to the Mandu culture in West Africa. Mandan music is an important part of Mandu culture in West Africa, in which the representative instrument is the African drum (Djembe).

In the study of West African culture, West Africa, the traditional totem, decorative patterns are very attractive to me. I extracted the traditional design elements of West Africa, combined with simple and stylish design.

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