A l ice S h an Jian g p o r f o l i o
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A lice S h an J ian g I am an architecture student, currently in 3rd year of Bachelor degree in University of Melbourne. Throughout three years of academic training from conceptions to constructions, I have obtained diverse experience in various design typologies, including public facilities, sustainable residential house, landscape architecture and so on. Throughout these practices, I also managed to use specific softwares for digital model making, rendering and physical prototyping. The following pages will expaned on these skills by presenting selective practices. In terms of my background, I was born and grow up in Hangzhou, China, a beautiful city exposing the native residents to edification in culture and art. Both my parents are interior designers, and their professions more or less influence me to become a designer myself. I am an absolute art lover, an aesthete, and a sensualist for all kinds of forms of art which can be photography, painting, food, wine and so on. Now I am looking for an enriching professional internship experience in a place where I can learn and earn steady growth in architecture filed.
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PROFILE / RESUME Phone NO. :0438674032 | Email address: jsmicky@icloud.com
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edu cat io n & ex p e r i e n c e
Rhino Grasshopper Sketchup 3DSMAX Autocad V-ray Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Officework softwares Lasercutter
2015 Aug ~ 2018 Aug
Architecture major, Bachelor of Environments @ University of Melbourne
2016 Dec ~ 2017 Feb
Internship in APCE DESIGN, Hangzhou http://www.apce.com.cn
2014 Aug ~ 2014 Aug
Trinity College
l an g u ag e Mandarin English French
Native Skilled Basic
Other skills: Oil Painting + Freehand Sketch Photogrphy Model Making
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SELECTED PROJECTS
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Index A. Public Facility Design A1 Pavilion for Hiding Secret / 7 B. Digital Design B1 Second Skin Installation / 10 B2 Matrix of Other Digital Model Practice / 14 C. Residential Deisgn C1 Sustainable Residential Design / 16
Parkour Park, 2015
Boat House, 2016
Pavilion, 2017
Acoustic Pod in Office
Concrete Lawn, UoM
Southbank
Herring Island
2017, Melbourne
Construction Design of
Construction Design of
Digital Design &
Shandong Women
Residential House
Residential House
Fabrication, 2017
University, 2017
2015, Point Cook
2016, Mount Martha
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A1 Pavilion for Hiding Secret According to the brief, it is required to build a pavilion on the site of Herring Island, based on three conceptual exercises. The pavilion should potentially hide the defined secret (i.e. a time capsule) for more than a hundred years, whereas the way of exploring this secret remains open to be defined. Thus, my proposal is to design a pavilion which spectators can only see the secret but can never touch it. Specifically, the time capsule will be displayed in the central courtyard, and the idea of “untouchable� is expressed via the rewinding ramp around the central courtyard. Due to the rewinding feature of the ramp, the journey to find the secret will be secretive by its own. Meanwhile, inside the pavilion, there will be functional space for exhibition, for individuals to do secretive practice (e.g. praying, telling secrets), and for a group of 3~4 people to listen to recordings of secrets.
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Pavilion for Hiding Secret 2016 Herring Island, Vic Aerial View
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Gallery Semi-intimate room for groups Intimate room for individual Public balcony Toilet Storage room
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Model - “Point, Line & Plane”
Fianl Proposal Eventually, I came up with the idea of designing a rewinding ramp located on the slop of the island, overlooking the Yarra River. Part of the pavilion is buried into the mountain, whereas part of it is overhanging in the air, which creates different space qualities in terms of openness and light. In fact, by entering the site from a open space, to a dark and narrowed space and then returning back to a bright space, it helps to define a complicated and ambiguous journey of find secrets.
Charcoal Drawing - “Mass”
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Digital Model - “Frame & Infill”
In the stage of primary conceptual design, I study three initial architectural tectonics, the Mass, the Point/Line/Plane, and the Frame&Infill, which has distinctive influence on my final proposal. These fundamental terminologies consist of architecture, which, however, most designers would usually ignore. Therefore, instead of create something from nowhere, I referred back to the fundamentals of architecture and by studying these three tectonics, I am able to gain a better understanding of more diverse architectural compositions, which subsequently brought more depth to the final design. If interested in details, you can refer to my publication: https://issuu.com/alicejiang7/docs/alice_shan_jiang_783943__earth_stud
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The circulated journey is designed as following: - Spectators entering the site by walking on the suspended roof of the pavilion (i.e. the top ramp) - The top ramp spirals down and lead spectators into the basement floor - The first section of basement floor is narrowed and dark where people can view exhibition - The second section is more open, where people can either view the central courtyard or going to individual functional rooms - The third section tilts upwards and link back to the roof of the basement floor (i.e. the intermediate ramp) - Continue walking on the intermediate ramp, spectators would be eventually led back to where they start the journey. Through this design, I want to give an philosophical expression of secret. Sometimes people exhaust themselves to look for something because of curiosity, but they could eventually get nothing and return back to the origin. It is not in vein because they would find the journey itself is the “secret” they are looking for.
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East Section Front Section Interior of Basement Floor Interior of Overhanging Balcony
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B1 “Second Skin" For Privacy
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In t r o d u c t i o n To P r o j e c t This Project aims to explore an attached-to-body installation for keeping privacy (i.e. second skin) based on an object system commonly seen in everyday life.
Name Year Photo by Model
Second Skin 2017 Steven Lee Nicolas Collins
Displayed in MSD Final Exhibition, 2017
The object system I choose is the skin&bone system of an umbrella. It is typical example that shows how skin system and bone structure function hand in hand, and without either of them, the object would fail to function. I push this idea to an extreme by producing a light weight bone structure of perspex with a wiring textile skin, whereas the skin help to deform the bones and make the final structure. In other words, the bone provides the base for the skin to sit on, while the skin secure the final formation of the bones. Eventually, we can see an closely interdependent relationship of the system and an innovative practice of exploring the material system. The whole structure looks light-weighted and give a sense of elegance with it. This project is chosen to be displayed in the final exhibition of this subject in the end of Semester 1, 2017.
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F r o m Re v ers e Engiď€ n e e r ing To Prototyp in g At the start, I study the mechanical system of the umbrella and digital model it in Rhino, from which I earned a better knowledge of how the mechanism of such a simple and common object works in details. I came a long way from turning what I have learned in the reverse engineering to the prototyping. Initially, I want to produce an defensive structure, not aggressive. It provides the user with a reasonable level of protection, preventing unwanted touch, without disturbing his communication with others. It should also achieve a variable visual quality if viewed from different angles. During the prototyping, I start by using rhino with grasshopper to create the look, and then I used lasercutter to produce the final model. At this stage, I was extremely concerned about connection detail and all the bending moments happening in the bone structure while wiring.
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Collections of photos Rhino Rendered
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B2 Other Digital Modeling Practices
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C1 Sustainable Residential Design Client Profile
Site Analysis The wind rose diagram on the left hand side indicates Melbourne mainly benefits from cool south-west breeze, which can be taken fully advantage of in passive ventilation.
Our clients are a family consisting of a young couple and two little kids: one 3 years old, the other 5 years old. They are interested to have a sustainable new house where they would probably stay for more than 10 years. They have the following habits & requirements:
blackwater & waste to sewer drainage water tank under timber decking & underground
- adequate natural light - be self-surfficient in many aspects, for example, energy, food harvesting... so reducing living expense - the family love to gather together in the living space - both the young couple work in office all day long, kids sent to kindergarden, so no ppl during daytime. - usually taking shower before sleep
The second diagram on the left hand side indicates summer and winter sun path. Both of them are from north, so we will have living space facing north. The summer sun has higher angle, which should be blocked by shading, roof design.
greywater overflow to LPD Tesla Battery to electric meter to the grid Telcom system to telecom pit
There is a single-storey house on the left hand side of the property, and two double-storeis houses on the right hand side. With a minimum distance of 6 meter from the former, and 11meters from the latter, we can determine the location of the project.
Legend:
electricity connection
greywater connection
green roof garden
telecom connection
sewer connection
Evaporative cooling system
solar panel with fan
pogola
solar panel with adjustable frame
utility cage
water connection
Solartube with fan composing hub
ABPL20036 Environmental Building System PROJECT: Kookaburra House SCALE: Assessment one: Residential Design Tutorial #6 TITLE: Site Plan 1:200 @ A3
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DATE: 2017.8.8 PRODUCER: Shan Jiang
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REFERENCE:
<Site Analysis> http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/selection_map.shtml http://www.yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/orientation
I nt r oduction to Pr o ject Different from the two design practices introduced above, this project shows an architectural practice in a scale of residential house to a more practical aspect. In fact, this is originally a built residential house called Kookaburra House. I am committed to redesign this house to make it more sustainable and self-sufficient. To do this, I start by change the orientation of the house to make it has a optimum exposure to the sun. Specifically, all the living space is facing north with maximum numbers of windows, while all the sleeping area is now facing south with minimum numbers of windows. All the openings are carefully placed in consideration of passive ventilation and heating and cooling. This house is redesigned not only to be more sustainable but also more comfortable, which in fact embraces the living routines of the client family.
D es ig n P ro p o s a l The passive design strategies here are defined in three different ways: 1. Utilising natural power e.g. - electricity generated from solar energy replacing gas - collect rainwater for water usage - natural wind to cool down the house - passive thermal mass to keep the house warm 2. Recycling e.g. - recycle greywater and reuse it - decompose human waste as fertiliser 3. Adaptable e.g. - client can adapt their house according to seasonal change - client always have to back-up option under extreme conditions and natural disasters
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01 Window & Door Schedule 02 Ventilation Plan 03 Electricity Plan 04 Water Arrangement 05 Cooling Strategies 06 Greywater Arrangement 07 South Section 08 East Elevation - Passive Cooling & Heating
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Delivered by. Alice Shan Jiang Phone No. 0438674032 Email Add. jsmicky@icloud.com
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