KEY SPACE DIAGRAMS

Ground Floor Plan

Theme: Interaction

Since the first floor plan is the most interactive, playing a role in connecting people of different ages. I tried to focus on how to improve the natural centripetality of the building and meanwhile responding to the cultural heritage inside the site as well as the context.

There are two systems that can be read in the floor plan:

1. the landscape extends the green axis from the masterplan to the building courtyard, interacting with the building itself;

2. the circulation system and the rotating boxes, responding to the cultural heritage.

The glass doors facing the inner courtyard can be opened, so that the indoor and outdoor boundaries are blurred and different spaces interact with each other.

All these design strategies are committed to responding to the Chinese traditional ancient context and could reflect the streetcourtyard system mentioned before.

Basement Plan

/ Theme: Performance

First Floor Plan

/ Theme: Education

The main function of the underground layer is performance. The reception of the basement is a triple volume space, it is not only the foyer of the underground stage but also the atrium of the whole building. The stage in the middle allows some improvisation and opens to all audience. The double volume salon area connects with the ground floor by the sculptural staircase. People on the ground floor could see the performance downstairs.

The key theme of the first floor is education. There are classrooms and workshop areas for the elderly. Two staircases on the ground floor lead people to the same platform of the first floor. The new building connects with the old buildings through a bridge. Three traffic cores are conducive to the circulation.

The facade of the first floor is double facade. The inner layer is concrete with glass windows, and the outer side is wavy prefabricated aluminum plate with holes. This kind of double layer is good for the ventilation as well as providing solar shading and ensures the privacy of the internal space.

Short section

plaster 20mm

Groun Floor (Outdoor) seepage paving 40mm screed 20mm crushed stone 400mm land 400mm sky window sky window

Roof planting soil layer 150mm aquifers 20mm draninage layer 50mm water-proofing 10mm screed 100mm polystrene insulation 50mm

SBS coiled gas barrier 20mm composite slab 80mm suspended ceiling 150mm plaster 20mm

Basement plaster 20mm aquifers 20mm polystyrene insulation 50mm water-proofing 10mm screed 200mm crushed stone 400mm land 400mm

Wall (First Floor) aluminium panel 20mm air cavity 60mm water-proofing layer 10mm polystyrene concrete 200mm reinforced concrete 200mm plaster 20mm construction system of historical buildings roof wooden rafters wooden support and joints wooden columns floors and wooden windows construction system of new buildings roof frame structure of first floor frame structure of ground floor frame structure of basement retaining walls fundations

04 / Paradise Regained

- Vertical Zoo in the Center of Chungking

How will animals in zoos get involved in the developing cities? How will people in big cities get along with nature?

Year: 2022.10 — 2022.12

Instructor: Mingya Hsu

Site Location: Yuzhong Peninsula, Chungking, China

Thesis: This design is a skyscraper zoo located in an half-baked building in Chungking. The relocation of zoos is a common phenomenon in China's urbanization process because of overcrowding and urban sprawl. However, in this process, animals can suffer greatly. As a result, designing a vertical zoo could be a solution for people and animals to live harmoniously by designing a vertical zoo. This way, animals do not need to move to the suburbs, and people can enjoy the natural habitat within the city in the meantime. The design strategy follows the principles of conventional zoos. By analysing different climate and its geomorphic characteristics, different layers will reflect different geomorphic features and animal types from the bottom to the top. One side of the building is facing the urban, stilted buildings will naturally lead the circulation into the main entrance of the building; The other side is facing the mountains in Chungking, with landscape connection between interior and exterior. Programs such as public canteen, hotels and shared office will be the main fuction in the rotating blocks, which, provide an opportunity for animals and human-beings live togther.